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Mt. Vernon Democratic banner (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1853), 1861-01-15

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' : ' -; cii ict . J... ; NUMBER 39. ' ft'-i' si-,'". .';. ' ' ' . i :! scy ... -i . . 'm : rXisth Pmiptiam mi mm BAmmfd Phyei , L Q b m iutei wlUi n; f tb ber mmmi 4iMMM,hold in U wttbwU (UUyv Xi 1U rir Cm tlM sjrtra, and wbea mm UaU ekia. fe applitima f Dr. WcaTSb'S ' CC3A7C, cii oiarjacaTf TB CESATX bM iwvd ttMlf U th mm iaUaaot rr Lnrooud, ul wher m kmO, it tea Tr ba kva t Uil f aSMtiog a ptrauani r Ot4 Gmrmm, TCto ad Biagwona, oIi OiilbUiBi ui FrMt BltM, BvWi Iuh, kapp4 r CrMkd ha4 ot JLip ClotokM r Pirn 1m tbfa. -- Amd tor SofMipim mmd.Sorjm. Cru ia tb aly tb.lf jrqired to ur. It mU fc ta ib ka trnvwr UmOj. - 9irtarr9St Crte3$ ieifU. Hrtotion mceomyaay aci BottU. Sold , bg (dieim Dtmt i' --. f- L i -J. H. HARRIS C, FwrUtora. tk WMtora mm 8mtrm St, Cinelaakti, O. T wb iriui for (b mhmrm ilmiinm mmj h mir& BU WhUl ui ZUil hj 8. W. Lippltt, Mt. ; Jmn BUaehard. Mk. Vrooa; R. g. Fnnoh, 2iabier; N. J)jto. Mrtlabutg; . Hontmg 4 Iom, rrUrikMva; W. X. Mabon, Jiillwood; B. r. 8pp, DmtUU Roberta A Snael. Colambu. PERRY DAV1SV Tunuu PAIN KILLER, . ?. THE CHEAT ?AUILY IIEDICINE OPTHE AGE ITTii Mk the suDtioa f lb trads ajid ib pb , T I Ito to thi lonj and attriTaIld ' - or tb eare of Calda, Coagba, ftak 8tomal ml Debilit7t Indigestion, Craap and Pain In Umaeh, Bowel Coraplaia I, CboIIe, DiarrhoB, Cbol v- And for Ferer Apr, ber Ia nothing better. It baa been tkrorabl knowa r aaora tban twenty year, to be the ONLY SURE SPECIFIC ot the manj diaeaaea Ineidentte tbe bnmti u&Hj. lateranllr and Exteraally s werba eqvally aare. What tronger proof of tbeae eta eaa be srwdueed tbau tbe fulUwlnj letter retired mmtUiciud from Rer. A. W. CnrtU : : Roaao, Jfaeoaib Co, Micb. Jnly 9, 1860. Meeara. J . H. Baaau 4b Co. : OcntUmm Tbe con. ieaee I here in Perry Darie Pain KDIer aa a rem. 1 far Colds. Ceegba, Barns, Sprains aad Kheama-ai, for the care of which I hare aaceeaafnlly used indnoaa ma U eb a erfally racomiseod iu rirUea wu mm. A fa w atoatha are I sad recoarse to It to destroy a loa ; aJtioujfc X atrar neard of iU biflg used for latporpeae, aat Barlaa; anffered In tensely from a raeer oae, aad baring ne ether remedy at hand, I jplied tbe Pain KOler freely for about fifteen mln-M oraaiac and repeated the application very riefly the next moraine which entirely destroyed a felon, aad increased the confidence in the ntility the remedy. Yoara truly, A. W. CrRTI8, AflniaUr of the tfeyleaa Methodist Chnrch. The Pain ZLHIer as been Uated in every variety of climate, and be most every aatioa knewa to Americana. It ia tbe most constant eempaaiaa and inestimable Mead tbe missionary and the traveler, oa aea and land, id no one should travel on our lake or riccr tcitX-u it. Be sure yon call for aad get the (eaalne Pain Eil-r, aa many worthless nostra sas are attempted to be Id on the i-reat repntotioa of tbia valaable medi- ic Directions accompany each bot'ie. Sold by dealers every where. Price 24 eta., 51 eta, aad 1 1, per bottle. J. N. HARRIS A Co, reprietora for the 'Western aad Southern Statea, . Cincinnati. Ohio. Sold Wholeeale aad Retail y Jamea Blaaehard, - W. Uppitt, ilu Veraan ; R 8. Trench. Gambler ; . Day tea. Martinsbarg; hfooUgne A Hoeae, Fred, ricktewa W. X.iicJlahoa. Hill weed; S. VT. 6app, aarille. - nev 0 DR S. O. RICH ARDSON'S SHERRY WINE BITTERS, 'he Celebrated New England Remedy ' ran ' HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, mm Agm. fieaeral DeMllir II Phnifi s rt! . m twmm m DUaracr- r mimmaht Urr, etr atawvla. HET are need and reeemmended by leading PhysicUns of the conn try, aad aUwho try them reejonnca them iavalnabla. Da. JAMES L. IJSEPERE, writea from Navarre, tark Co., Ohio, "ihe Bittera are highly praised hy teee suffering from indigestion, .yspepsia and liver in plaint." B. 8. DAVIS, Postmaster at" WUr.amaport, Obla, ys, "they give great satisfaction. I sa them my. If, having taken cold, become prostrate aad Lost my ?petite. It relieved me. and I eaa recommend it ith great asaaraaaaaf iu merits Da. WlCat. KERR, ef Rogerarille, IaL. wriUa a that they are the meet valuable medicine offered. : haa recommended them with great success, and ith them made several cures of palpitaUem of the eart aad general debility. I THOMAS STANFORD,, KeaaUrnie, Henry Indn writee aa a long letter, ander date of May ; 1869. Be waa maeh redceed, having beea aiBica. d for three years with great nervosa debility, pal. Station of the heart ef the moat severe aad proa- atiag character, 'after asing a few battles I waa mpleuly restored, and am bow ia robast health." E0RtiK W. ilQFFMAH says ha waa afliceed i'.h fhamatlsm for twenty yoara, ia all iu various name, aaeT at the date of his letter he had been two ears well; the JCiUera effecting the aare, when An, i,ru anriisim siMiid iia kim v a mmS it uh ffeetioa, or dropsy, it is a apeelte certain remedy." ' J. W. HUNT writea fi-em Delpboa, alien Ca, O, s aeetiea where Fever and Agae prevails.) that he tout cheerfully recemmenda them af decided merit an cssm MB.re.tiA.su AUU,Disrraii, iVD GENERAL DEBILITY. " t- , --t D. . QALLEUKitd, M. writea from Vaa 7t Okio, ( moat respectfully reeemaend the berry Wine Bitters la the notice af Dyspeptic per-aaa. aad ia all who require a stimulating medicine. Sack Weare we are receiving Uaily full Pmrtiemlmr Aoeoataaay Erne Bottl. They are eeid by Medieiae Dealers generally. ; Price 7i eta. per battle. J. N. H IRRIS CO. tiaeiaaati, Ooio, Proprictora for the Seathera aad j W cetera 8tatea, so whom addreee all orders, j f er eale by 8. W. Ufpitt, Mc Vernoa, a; Jane naaehard, aft. veraoa; R. 8. French, Gambler: S. ytaa. MartUsbarg; Meetaraa A Hoeae, Freda. ii"tw J': T' ahaa, MUlweadj S. W. gap,, Oaavlllet Raaerai A Samael, Columbaa. f aovAly. UulX mi. McCoyaT : j COililRClAKL COLLEGE, ( ' CQLUafaCS, OHIO. TtllS theraarb mannas la kiS Kt.t. a. JJ. Xaatfntioa ere drilled ia all the routine af bn wi, aas i m u fct rroga CuueUoa of The eoaree ef tady is full aad thoroughly p reelect, AU the 1st fvms aad insTravamsnta are ia-redaeed, aaA tLa X aeull wUl aanate as y oae fter ha has completed the course, ta be fully qaU iad fce km tk kuvka , m m-m l.,!.ui V am u . Dally Lecures delivered ea Book-keeping, Pea- Z . . . r' J-VSWWSMKBfc WVMWWTi I mt mmW - . Trnne ' For fall tal talintUeJ Coarse, CiO. ' ttadeate eaa eater at any time and review at plea, are. i The aaaal time to eomj-lete the eouse la frem U Iwa:: til tela! t?l,59pTwttk,-Ctt ef Beaks, liiflaooa, tre titilmtu let f parUealare, adireaa iloCOr A Ce CoUmknj, 0, GOVEItNOR OF OHIO, Tfr Ute rity-Faarta Geaerml aaentblr Seconal SesaiaB . FdUw Citizen f lU Senate, and of& Eoumt 2eprtmtM0Otve t : r I weloome your return to jovt oSeial labor aod1 congratulate jou vpom the proepareaa eoe ditioa of ear State. , Tke United Statea Casta of the pest year, with the Report of tbe CoamiesieBcr of fitatie-tica, faraiah an neb faterMtine; taforzsation rela tire to the growih ef the 8 ute. To tbeee soar eea, bat chiefly to tbe latter, which will be laid before joo io a few day a, I am indebted for tbe following acta, which exhibit ia part, tbe fTati-ffinj progress of the State ia iu material development, daring tbe past jeara- -.x JMt,:.-,;,, 1M ; Popautlow..l.902t . 2A8,009 Jacreese , H Iacreaaeper et. Improved lands.y,83I,49J Unim proved landa, 1400,000 Inoreese of im- - 1MJI 13,1 05, acre. U10,li4 " prared laada. J3 prxt. 119,009 saaerea. Saabav eflaad owa v ers ... 277 ,6 09 Av'age quantity lead owned by each per. Aver price ef land... $19 99prare 31 OOpuaar. -: AOBjcrxTCBX raoDucra. '1,': isso. . isoo. Aggregate amount of grata are pa 8S,4a7.1Uba. 1,100,1TJ ba. hieadew. Hay, 1,443,101 tons. 100,456 taa Livestoek 7,793,401 So. lacreaae of graia . crepe........ . laareaae ef hay ' - aMTe. Coal mined.......8,000,0e0 ba. Iron furnaces.......... 3& Ne. Iron pig metal made (1,638 teas. Salt made-.... 50,3a0 ba. ; Valae of mining pro- ducts ............ $2, 05,?0 M H,857 no. it pr.et. - Si - 48,000,000 bo. 4 No. 106,000 toes ,00 0,000 ba. R8,0 Of pr.et. '-.. 400 - Iaereaae of coal mined pig iroa.... " 44 aalt rnada. valuea ....... auacracTtraxa. . :IS30. . 1869. 878e,78f 119,903,183 113 pr. ct. Value of manufacturea proper 41,12 4,707 Aggregate value of, man ufactariog, mining and mechanical industry...... ...62,64758 Increase of maaafac- - tares, valuc...... In e reuse of mechaoU cal A man u fact or- iag Indus try ; 90 - - cuaxaaca uro aAnaxnog. . ISM. 1S38. VesseU built, aumber 81 68 Tonnage vessels built 6,3 1 4 teua. 1952 1 tons. Aggregate tonnage... ; 82,466 f ,J.14W " V eese is cleared for - - ' .oreiga StaUs ; ... 368 V : 480 Tonnage of vessels cleared tor foreign " - ' - - - porta S3 407 61,416 - lacreaae vessels ballt f 199 pr.et, tannage built : 360 : whole teenage - 86 fereiga trade Vt tocoaoTtov. 1840 1360. 969 miles, 3,069 Caaala. V66 mile 360 - fitailroada..... Turnpikee aad Plank twdiH 3,006 3,000 laeraaea of lUilreada 700 pr. ct. Tarupikee . ", 50 u Tbe eatimated coat af the 2,700 mile of Bail. road built aioce 1850, U eigbi million of dollar. . raorxnTT an debt. Cash value ef all pro perty . 1504,726 888,803,601 00 Slate Debt............... 14,520,76 16,927,834 31 The aggregate debt of tbe State, municipalities, baakers, merchanu, and individoala, waa estimated by tbe Commissioner of Statistics, to hi report of 1859, at $18992.246, axcloaive of the Uailroada, which u a pecio pledj; on tbe road. .Debt dae oat of tbe State. $55,000,000, aon- sistiogr of debt doe by tbe State, mBoicipalitiea, oaaks ana tnerchanU. Increase in tbe vala of propertr, : 75 per coot. Ftovariien of debt to aL rooerty. 28 dae out of tbe State ? ! to tbe whoW value of property ...h. 8 The entire debt of tbe State aad of the people ot Ohio.ie eoaeiderably lea than tbe iaereaae in tbe vala of property ia tbe last tea years. Small aa ia uu debt compared . with the resources ef tbe State, it i yet a heavy burden on tbe todoa tra of the people, erbieh ca oaly be Jeeeeeed, or removed, hy aagmeated prodaotaoa aad. tacreaa- ed eeoaomj. ' - ' - .. . . auxixa aso ataaXFAcrcanra. Tbe great iaereaae ot miaiaraad aoaaafactar ittf, exhibited hy theae eondeaaoed ctatemeau, ia bigb! eacoaragtoa; aad gratitvuig fact. It indicate a' cttll further aod indeaaite progreaa of development of- tbeee important ialaraau. The capabUit:e of the State ia that regard are aim oat an U anted. Toe daty ef 4he State to (baler tbeee branch of eeefo! iadoetry hy all nit- able legUlatioa aa la the doty of all good gov. erameot to tasore to labor not only fell occupation, bat tbe greatest prodaotivenaaa ia wail ap-preoiatad. . Aided a are suy aope aach aa obli gation anil be by the feaeral govaramant, the fotore arill fiod Ohio eweoaU to aoae of her coo. tederated aiater la auaiajr aad saanafaetaring wealth and ia all the acooenpaaviaa' aaaaatieJa of aocial lodepeadeaoe, which eharactaiiz tut iodoitrioof people of Oifrie4 f artoua, ,. QEICVLTUaB aira aoaicbLTtraax, SCBOOLaV . Important aa are tbeee interest to the people of tbe State, end aa deterring a they am of be iog carefoll cberiebed. we aboald bear ia mind that it ie oa agricaltare that are mast depead aa the maia eoaree of oar valfara, JFaily tbrae-Cfts of bar population are ealiiratori of the eoil Whateaer, tAereZore, ariii promote ue Cevelop. Beat of taa branch el eo uaoat'ys sboald re ceive tbe aaiaatiaj aval iavioraUBj; aeoaTga caeot Of tbe Sut. t"- ... " .- ,v It moat be admitted that arrloalura, either a a science or aa art, U far froo beis parraed ita. that ardent aad eaefeaxfiu rrtnl doe to it importance, Tb prodnctire raaoorca of the tute are but imperfectlj ijTslcpti Xk area etaally culuvated doea aot ozoaad c;-fjcr.i of the enure territory. The ratarna, parts ;t, at abundant crop a the natural fcrtUI'y cf lie soil, little' elded by eoiance, eaa prodoca, -. O liar eoeatria, la eoaaeqnaBee of tSteir dacsa i.J ia eraaaiag production, hare beea obi:d ap eal to eoteaoe and eod! aid front iu trexssra. cot only to rasiore tie faruTuy of the toll, tat-ty grcial appiioationa. to iacraua tia Tr.-l prodaotiveaeaa. Igratf,iB! lohno.tlattbe i ate!.; -set eart of the Ohio iu Doaxi cf Aa. It t 9 saa aa-M - . J . est results. - There U ioiVl that the pro?rti of agri-cs!ts2rss!i t pn&t:I If lU !rmntz-:s aaltiag from aa experirustal Cra csxld te csav tarred upon tie Lussrs cf Ciia. Te IcaagurxU oo datirbtl aa ui-Ullca ll cf-U ta wall to ari '! r vat . a 4Vtaveawsy -a waawe- .UiCC UaTtBri mVU lOm9 proved t;:U3 f articttlUra, tanii oa scien-CZs priocIea, trj ttmj croTzti by th.a ttii place aportioB of the Deform School Farm onier the diroctioaftbo Ohio Bute Board cf Ari eol tare, aad to direct tbe resolu of experimenU ia tbe aereral departmaaU of farming aad itook raising, to be communicated to the - far mere to tbe Suiej through tb AAaaal port of tlte Uoard. . , . .-. AgrionUoral School, erhererar aaUwiabed, have beea prodactive ef good reealt. Sach. aa iostitatioB is thia 8 Ute, organized apoa prinoi-ple adapted to tbehabiu ef tbe people, I do not doubt, would receive xheii approval. I iatite yoaf iaTorable oonideration to tbia aobjeck PCXUO BKOOt, BY8Tew:;l i '; Aa oar civil aad political iaatitntion are derived from the . wisdom, aod exiat ia the will of the people theeoorca of all rightful authority aad ot all legitimate aovereignty it t obvioaa that it f opon the education of the people we most rely for the parity, tbe preiorvatioa, and tbe rer Detaetion four repoblicao a of ror- ernment. Ia tbieaacred caase we cannot exer ciae too pinch liberality. It u tdeoti&ed with oar beat intexeaU ia thia world, and- with oar beet destiaie jn tbe world to come. It ia a aoarce of jut pride to tbe people of tbia Slate that Ohio baa oo caaae ef self-reproach oa thia accounts Tbe wise proviaiooa of her organic law, imposing tbe daly apoa tbe the tieneral Assembly of main taiaing a thoroagh aad efScieot system of comi rnoa school tbroaghoatthe Slate, and the fideli tj with which due obligation haa been discharged bear honorable witoee of her seal ia behalf of popular edacatloo. , - Hur present school lew waa enacted to 1853. It much more comprehensive aod effective in iu provision tban any preceding law in Ohio. Being radical ia aome of iu features, it ia oot surprising that il met with early opposition. It imposed, what seemed to aome. en unreasonable taxation, and conferred authority upon Boards of Education which was objected to by many. But from the first a large majority of the people have approved tbe ayatem, and aince it haa vindicated iU value by iu actual workings, little opposition is arrayed against it Wherever it has been faithfully administered it baa accomplished a noble work ibr the people of the StaU. - . For a full exhibit of tbe progreaa of edacatloo under tbia system, I refer you to the report of the School Commissioner. The recetpU and expenditures for the school year ending August 31st, I86V, were as follows, vixt -. .. ,' BaXKlPT. ' . Balaace on head Sept. 1, 1859.. $582,790 67 Finee, licence, end anwcellaoeona aoorcea..... . . .. 69.775 IS Irreduoible school (aadinm 170.640 45 State tax...... .... ....mwmwm. 1,244,155 39 Towaahip taa prolonging schools 6 ' moa. aad aoatainiag high auhooU, 85103 07 Towcship tax for si Us, baildiags, re pairs, and contingent expeaen- 578.235 92 TetaL.. $8,506,901 53 Bzrsvorroass. . Amoast paid teacher ........-$2,046,060 92 Sites, batldinga, and repairs..... : 457,642 31 Fuel, and all other contingent ex- penaes... .... . ........ 257,125 44 Total 2,760,828 67 The following table shore the encouraging prorrese made by our school system daring the past six year also, a comparison between tbe last two jeer; 1833. 1859. 1860. No. youth en a mora ted 830,634 No. enrolled ia schools 631,939 Av. daily attendance 915,831 No. teachers employed 16,764 Amount pd. teachers $1,773,768 No. school houses 7.830 Value school houses 229,911 No. pub. high schools aft Teaebef - 196 Papila enrolled 7,523 865.914 893,884 600,034 683,177 330,899 405,592 19,544 20,731 1,941 555 2,046,060 10,279 10,422 4,409,133 4,707,327 151 161 363 319 10C518 13,183 These faeU satisfactorily show that our school system ia rapidly demonstrating iu excellencies. The steady increase in tbe number of children in attendance upon the schools, the improvement in the qualifications of teachers, the number and character of the higf. school of the State, and the great improvement ia the architecture of the school houses, are indicative of a pervading educational interest among the people. ' v.. , I do not deem il necessary to recommend any : eeaen tial modification of tbe aobool law. The 1 amall appropriation which tbe Commissioner re : eomaoeada for the eeeoarageaent oCIoatitutea ia ' the more a par eel y aettled coanliea would, I doabt not, be productive of good. -, , . ' 1 TUB STaTB UBBABT. Connected "with the subject of edacatioa, I invite yoar attention to the re,rart, for this year, of the Commiasionere of the State Library, ia which' they make some suggestion' which ere entitled to few eooal&ratSo.: The Sute lAbrary?hM c0 beeo inetitaled for fortyHaree year. ; Tha entire expeadituree for' ita increase and preaervatioo, iaelading salaries, to Nor. 15. 1860, have beea $5b542 87. The whole amber ol registered booka ia 22J9V The people of Ohio having provided liberal ia stmctioa tor all the youth of, tbe 8taio, it eems oot only appropriate, bat imperative, that while the oomotoa achooi furnishes that instruction ' necessary to a fair knowledge of the cnethodt and means of intellectual service, aa ' inetitarioa ! hoald be fostered which is capable of coHectiog and preaerving the appliances moat approved I for the practical apdicatioa of those methods and means. j - ' s. Ldbrariee are aot merely reapectable evidaeeea of Intelligence, aor are they oaly places of depo. e it tor pabue . feoord. They are workshop wherein the highest achievements of the bumaa mind are prepared tor.oc wroeght oui. w The Ohio Sute Library haa become, ia a respectable degree, a. aorknbop tor writers of books of h istorie value, and It would be a eoaree of just pride to the people of the State, If if were so sup plied with books as would eff ml aa opportunity for any citixeo to execute whatever iatellectual engagement kin taste ox hie businexs mifbl re qaire. v ' - - , Sack approprialioo aa the Enaneea of the Sute permit, for tbe finishing of the Library Call and for the iaereaae aad preservation of the Library, by meant or ecce sioe and Ij a cat aloraevare respectfully recommended.. : The suyjvstiooa of the Library Comoaisaioner res pectins exebangea of Ohio laws. rvTorU and doeumente. with sister fUatee, aad wuh govern aeatt aad ociettea of Coro;, deaom escttier atioa. The Librarian taa it8 particular sU8B tioa to tbxt breach of hit daty asdeot not to It deprived of any raaionaU meant cf promot. Ut tack exebaexee,- IstorcbaDge I cflawi and pbblio 4ocamtat8 eacoorsos that tuterconrsj of aatiuua weica isues auuscsuy iiuiinuuuu ea thoroc;a kcqasJatancawiA the characterisiica of tieir people. , This, tbe rederal Govern aant Lbarally rectsLced wbaa it authorized, tiofree traagaUsioa ol all puU'uj record fcetweea Co Lute t aad ia that aptrit we may eaconraze thoroBgh Interchange, . aa. ireirwlh ; Tort'ji pa tiotjg, a wi;iia lit TJn'oa l!2-y If tie most valaiUe acetlzsioeo leads to tL Library w 'bin tie Us t Cv year tar t::a ly c2is8xl i-ilar oaiiosAl Exchans;,:, -'4 ." v . 4 The benavolaat iiutilutiona cf CawL4a-eoa-tinue te make atsjrl ntarsg fit tie patroaxe thayfiavo rocaivti. I tax great plxxsre ta re- enttcated with their aiaiautraUea.- tioa-ir; iea opera- . v tion daring tie paxt year, and thai. . recant coa-ditioa Axcompaoying these Bepc a,, yoo will be gratisd to Lui Annual Report c ' the Uaoj-Utoa Couaty Lanatio Aaaylem, -wL' h promise tabeoao of the mo t eaJuable aa.; aoccessfal loatitauooa of iukiad, in the Coast y. liopro riaiono having beea made, by law, tar printing thia Report, I tranamit it to the fiencte ia maan eript .v. ' It will be aeea by reference too carefully pre. pared table-of iaatttBtione for the Insane ia tbe United State ta connection with tl subject of reeoverie of iunatica. forming a part of the very valuable Report of the Superintend.Qt of tbe Central Lunatio Assylum, that thai Institution haa for many year maintained a portion in ad vaoce ef alt similar insututioos cf the United Sute ia the proportion of iu recoveriea , apoa tha number of palienU committed to ite caiaw Tbi tact is attributed by the Saperic teadeBta no amaJJ degrees, to the policy of tbe Cute ia re-qairiogall iu iamatea to be maintain od at the expense of the State, aod all ahronio and ioc arable casaa to give place, whea aeceafary, to those that are recent aod hopeful. , s i si , Whilst thia is a gratify tag evidence of the wia-dom of oar State policy io respect- to ;tbe administration of oar Assylnms for the Insane, doe aot the fact that the chronic and incurable eases most give place to those that are recent and more hopeful, suggest tha duty of the State to make aome eeiuble provision for the custody end care of the incurable rnaaae T Would not the erection and maintenance of aa assy lam tor so beneficent a purpose be ia accordance- with tbe humane pirit of our Constitution ,and the benevolent entimenUof the people 7 . -. OHIO afSOlOAL tXJIXEOB.. . s , I beg leave to call yoar particular attention to the aooompaayiog report of the Trustees of the Medical College of Ohio. , Tbe fiaeoeeaof that institution axe seriously embarrassed, and legis-IaJioa is asked . for by the Trustee, to enable them to relieve the college from iu diScukiea. , It givee me much pleasure to call yoar attea-tioa to the Directors nod Warden of the Penitentiary. .The management of the Iastitutioa dar iag the put year ha beea highly satisfactory The law rewarding the good conduct of the con. vioU, by borteuieg their term of sentence, ha been attended with ettoearagisr reaulu anon tbe discipline of the Iastitutioa. Under : its sumo lating tauaenee the prisonera, for the most part, cbeerfally perform the task assigned to them, aad faithfully discbarge ail their datieo to the in titnttoD.. . The number of convict in the Penitentiary on the first day of November last waa 432 l of whom 379 were received daring the year. ; In the same period 283 were discharged by the expiration of their sentences, by pardon, and by judicial process. Five were cent to the Reform achooi, end nine died. ; The cash receipts and cash earnipg of the Institution tor the year were $97,905 60. Tbe ae tual eapendituea during the same time were $97. 610 26, leaving a cash balaace in favor of the Prison of $294 34, The labor performed by tbe convicts in the construction of ahop and other buildiog, was valuerf at $9.071 . 62. Tbia ad' led to the profits, as it should be, to aake a proper exhibit of the ability ot the ; Prison for aelf support, shows an aggregate.- froct for the year of $9,366 96V . Taaee reaalu aow'tbt tbe. Prison when finished will not only realize the reformatory purposes far which it was established without being a pecuniary eharge apoa the the people, but that it may be made a permanent source of revenue to the State. The enlargement of the Prison, aod construction of workshops, : authorized by yoar act of March last, have been diligently prosecuted. In connection with tbi subject, I venture to suggest for your consideration, in case yon determine upon the erection of a new prison, that provision be made for each a . coastructton of it as will admit a complete separation between the minor and adult convicts. Tbe homane con siderations favoring sach a separation are too obvious to need a statement of them. IBTCMFEaaVOB A2TD CRIVB By reference to the Warden's Report it will be eeen that of the nine hundred and thirty-two conticU in prison, only one hundred and niaety.sevea of them profess to have been tem: perate in their habits, while three hundred and aeventy-nlne acknowledge that they had been intemperate. The proportion of the crime com milted onder the influence of intoxication doe not appear, but from tb statement of the habits of these eonvict. aad from other well known facte relation to the eubjeet, there can be little doubt that very mncu of the crime for which they are Imprisoned, was not only committed. out also originated nadar intoxication infiuea ce. ' . : Ad this Is bat the history of crime everywhere Could any fact furnish a more earnest appeal to tb Legislature to exert all iu constituttonal authority for suppressing the evils of intemperance? I trust yon will give this eoHrct yoar prompt and eerioas consideration, aodttkat yoa will devise aome eaQcient legal remedy for dim-tnishing theee evil, which will addreee itself fav orably to the people of the State, and thereby ae care their earnest support for iu enforcement. It wonld be of little practical benefit for your leg. fslatioa on thia sahject to oo In advance of public sentiment, but it should - fully meet the do maads of that sentiment. ' TW.RWii ' 1 .1 bar much aatiafactioa ia aommanicatiag to yoa the ofieial report of the -past year'e opern-tione of the Stat Reform SchooL Many m atari' aj tmprovemeete in regard to eeonomy, geoerat management, aad dienpiia have beea in trod a-cad into iU edmieieVjiatienw: Tha eatorpriae aboald oo longer be regarded aa aa experiment. Brief ae ia ha history, it baa eatahlishad ita rlaim apoa the public confidence Iu aaeeesa baa re aliaed all tha reaao' able expeeiatioB of its early advocate. -, The practical examples of reform-ationwhich it has funusbed, give th moat grat ifying aaaeraaee of Ue permaaeat aeefulnaae-Ita admiaistratioo ia exealleat, ; I comraend the losUtstioa to yoar fostering care. , : .-"' :i$rTAxn mite. 'I refer yoa to the report of the Anditor for a detailed exhibit of the fiaaneial oondition of the Cute, aad earnestly recommend to your approval the p!B, which wiA the concurrence of the Fond Commissioners, he submit : for the pay. meat of oar entire public dect hy means of tax azioir, without the ranevsj of any of the e-igtIn- laansv The reaaoaa presaaUd by4 tU Aodltor ia Utfif cf tia iameSiaU aiopUoa cf tiu polu cy t ia tay f odgmect, nc&nswerabla. -The whole amount of our redaoible debt, foreign, domestic end ' temporary, is 1V23 2.n .V -. . - - : cen Ini uchefiourcea athar coamand.it does not aeeo reaaooaw.e tiil Ohio should lock to loan to meet her accmlD? liatn;iiee la considerate wt ta ccapared a i.a tet rescrarcei unless the licreased tax over tie present levy aLich will ta retired ta meet these l.V.in.'a wnhio a reasonable tide, would ImpoBO aa unnecessarily heavy harden upon tLe people. Such I do oot tlinV wonlj resall tcra tie aiopiioa cf He r- piseJ p!i3.'JU,-- - - Y Tha Uvy LiiU yer U:i f-r lleitycifeii cf the fitsrtit aod tbe gradual . redoctioa of the pablio dolt ii cat aad toay-teathj of a mill ea farrieT yc to tha Cepon of Cj wivu "4 rxceeca cca ana. a talf cer i , t, or the taxable Value cf the Eiaurarannnt. to the dcllatv -.TbA earn levy continued.' would re alt in the rec-Ctioa ci tie pobI;e debt taJscv. ary 1861, to thaaam- of il 1,67092 20. .Zhe amount to be raised ia the . saeaotime to ; meet tbe accruing interest and principal of the debt by taxation aU thooiher eoorcee of tbe Sinking Fand being aeajy exhausted--wonld be $9,760-C33 64, making the um paid to January 1871, aad to be paid thereafter oa the principal of the debt, $21,430,465 74. Instead of adhering to this mode of paying the public debt, the Auditor propoeee aa addition of six-tenths of a mill oa the dollar to the present levy, making the entire levy two mills on iha dollar, which will provide a suGcient earn to meet the accruing interest, aod those portions of tbe principal of tbe debt maturing prior to, and on the first day of January, 187L leaving then only $4,000,009 of the debt uapsid. . Under thia plea the amount cf pitncipn! paid from January 1. 18S1,.. v ,- : .-. - . . , . -. To January 187 L would b ...19,837,241 20 Tbeiotereat paid daring the same - .... v period woaidba,.... 5,676,233 0 ' --. - . . ,- . . i 'n ii . - vllakiog the tou paid on pria. . . cipal andiatereaL-............. 15,573,474 TO Adding to the tbe principal of - . , the debt remaing unpaid Jana ary, 1871 ...... M d.000.000 00 -'. And the total amount paid to .." ; Janoaryrl871 and to be paid . . thereafter would be.. 1973,474 70 Th'is la $1356.991 04 less than wonld have to be paid coder the present syatem prior to, and oa the first day of Jaauarr, 1871. To this fav. orable ahowing of tbe reanlts of tbe proposed plan of paying the public debt, it should be ad ded, that while the increased taxation recessary to consummate the plan will amount to leea than twenty five cents a year, to each inhabitant of the bum, after the year 1870, the people will be n lieved of tbree-dftha ef this levy, aa the remaining two-fifiba will yield a eofScient sum to meet the interest, and provide for the. payment, at iu maturity, ef the principal of toe remaining four mil I iocs of the pablie debt, , I append table to tbi commnnicatioo ahow log tbe practical workings of the plana.- The following atatement exbibiu the araoant and deaoriptioa of the entire debt of the Sute : V FOaStOV DCB? OP TBS STATS. 6 per ceaU dee in 1860 MW..$6.413.325 87 6 percenu due to 1870 . 2,183.531 93 6 per ceuts due ta 1875. . ..... 1,QU.000 00 6 per cenUdne in l88o.M... 2,4000)0U t0 6 pes vent due in lK61,(T.Loan) 350 OuO GO 5 per ceuu doe io 1865;M...M 1,025,000 00 Stock due in 1856, not ' bearing ifitafav aeeaeaaaaee.M eeeaae 1.166 33 Tofal Foreign Debt '. $13,973,023 53 - DOMESTIC BOSD8, t leaned ander act of Feb. 28. 1843. Faith aod credit, 6 par OfatMM204,700 00 Issued onder act ot Feb. 28, 1843 Lend Bonds 6 per ceaU ........... Issaed andev act of March 7, 1842. 70.585 00 Faith and credit (not bearing in- terest . 839 470 Issued under act of March 7, 1842. Lead bonds aot bearing interest. ;- 925 00 Nattoaal Road Bond aot bearing : , . iatoreat...w - 60 36 ' -. : V Total Donieitia Road Irreducible State Debt, 6 per ceau.$2,677.60O2 KtcartTuusTtox Foreign Debt ... $13,973,023 5S Domestic Debt............ 277.210 36 Irredatible Debt,...MM.....MM. 2,677.600 32 Total debU...... ....$ 1627,834 21 The receipu and disbursements of tbe Stale for the fiscal year ending Nov. 15, 1860, were as follows: CKBEBAL SrMMABT Or BKCKIPTS ABD DlaBCRSX- - , htKKTS, - - General Revenue...... ..$ 805.792 40 Sinking Fuod.......... ...... .......... 1.364.664 18 Canal Fund............................. 421.874 62 Common School Fund................ 1,283,596 72 District School Library Fond ..... 82.719 78 National Road FonL..... ....... ; 14,051 38 Three per cent. Fuad.MM.M.Mm.. . 19 04 ToUi receipU mm.m.m,m.$3,977,718 12 -.. ' - OUBOaSXHSXTS. ' General Revenue .$801 223 .68 Sinking Fand-.1,34985 66 Canal FuDd,..,.. 417,125 54 Com'o School Fnnd.1 250.833 17 , " District Library Faad . 78J895 71 : U Nalioual Road Fund. ; J4.045 31 Three per cent. Fand v....-. , , .. ... ,. 9,911,508 VI Balaace Nov. 15, 1860 . .$66,209 15 The re appraisement of real esUte, subject to taxattoo. mad ia 15j9. aa corrected and eqeal-4 ised by tbe State Board ot Equalization lasv winter, was carried to the .grand duplicate of tbe rotate ia 1860 The quantity of land oot ia cities and villages, a entered apoa the dupucato ot I860, ia 25,511.705 ncrea. .; i , . - Vaioatioa thereofw.,.MMM.$49Zt533,587 Valoe ot real o&ute in cities and viUagca eeM. I47.3uu,iae Total vala of real estate $639,894 311 Value of personal property 2440330 . Total vaioa of tojicabla property , in 18o3. .t 88802.601 Aa com oared with the several amoonu 00 the duplicates of 1859, this shows aa increase iathe n . a e '- a a sa n 2uanUty of laoo 1 lawo ecrest , . ; ncrease ia the valae of. land, not ta -, cities and village, of... . ........ $54.1 53 987 Decrease in - value of roal esiate ia . ciuea aud vUlagea ofU,-..U. 6373,C80 Total Increase ia the raloo of real .$45,78007 Total decrease ia the value ot per. aonal property iw ...,r.w .-:Ao7,b5J The basis of tsxsUoo being $88802.601, aud the State levy for ell purposes, thirty-nine and a half cent oa each one hundred dollar of veina tian. tha total amooot of taxes lor slate purposes on the duplicate of I860, to be collected during tha vear 1861. ia 303.712 S3. This um i distributed among the aereral fuada ia the fol lowing proportion. vt - - 2: The , General Revenue, 8 cenU ca aach $100.... . .. ,$7cgaa The Stakioi Fond, 17. ctt, oo each v. : ; y;ico w...-iz ji,o 1 1 The Com moo School . Fand, 14 eu. . . - 00 each $l00.;;...U.-..,.1.542,8n 78 3 -The taxe levied by local authorities amount to7J13.S63 41, mi-in a total of $10,817,676 Sii lavied Oa the duplicate of ISS0. :v J " t ': .( - RSPTXTICT VT IOCaL TXXJITtoa. . ' From these cxLIbii ft will to seen' that the taxes levied for local aod municipal purposes far exceed, in amount, tbose" levied for 'Sute par-pose. I eaooot cnittttat wi;It proper" vigi-lioce and ecoxOEf, the local tsge taTht be consliraVy lessened. TLe properly hoi Jer pr oar ciwza:most tar.iealarly'fel tbesa "burdena, and wiih grearja&.ca tuk for game prescribed limif to local taxat.'oi, " Ample authority is giv- oa I 0 Consi.:: ttca i 1. .3 Lee'Ure fc re- cuict tbe I cavt reject.". ..'I reepectfuli'y call yoar attention to this tm portent 1 Siljact, and trust liat 70a may be. alia to pro- vide some relief for the people, from tbe oppree kit local taxes wua which - they are cow our- oanea.''- -.5 h v- f,--- y , , muaMSjn to tat Txixxrar taw. I invite year aiteatioa to the suggestions of the Treasurer of Sute, relating to tbe descrip tion of lands to be received in payment of the public due. The law establishing the indepea dent Treasury, while providing fur tbe gradual prohibition of payments ia paper mooey by the Sute aad County Treasurers, and reatrictiag tbe payments to gold and silver aftrr the fourth day of July, 1865, doe not prescribe, nor doe auy other law prescribe, the' kind el' funds to be re ceived by those Seer. This u manifestly a defect in the law, aod inconsistent with iu frame work end perpoea. ? The responsibility ought not to be imposed opoa the Treasurers, to prescribe the kind of feeds to be reoeived ia payment ot the public dues. . This should be done by the Qeneral Assembly. My own opinion ia, that the pablie intereata woald bV promoted by restricting such payments to specie, snd tbe not of tbe specie paying Banka of this Siate, end I respectfully recommend: toat- the law be emended accordingly. - - - - W - . i-; 3USXA ax aaxxivo. Tbe suKjecte of banking and currency, address themselves with equal f tree and direttnvss to the people of the State. Whatever theories we may entertain Oo these Subjects; whatever ingenious and beautiful visvous of a people without batiks, end gold end silver their ouly currency, the practical realities are ' before us: We have baaksi we have paper money. As a matter of fact, banking is but one of tbe divisions of labnr into wbicb commerce is subdivided, and among every commercial people' tbe busioes proper of the banker ia as indispensable as that of the shipper, transporter, or cousignor, in transacting tbe business of the Coo b try. The practical qoestioe which addreese itself to the Legislator is oot, whether the State may or may. not dispense with the nee of all banks, bnt what Is the beat system er plan of balking for the people for whose interests tie is called upon to act, and how, and to what extent should it he applied. And so also of the Currency of the State.-'". So long aa the people of Ohio are in business connection with the people ot oiuer States, we are and arill be in the recept and oe of the issues of the banks of other States which circulate with the issues of ear own banka. of which, to the extent of their existence, they take the place and become substitute. The practical quealtos is not whether we are to have paper tonv, or geld and silver as tbe mmmrm currency of the S'ato, but whether we are to have the issoes of foreign hattke, or of batiks existing, within our own State, responeif le under our own laws, and regulated and eentralled by 00 r own action.- Tbe experiment has been tried, not only ia Ohio hut in several other States, of ilispenaing with bank issues under State authority, with one oni-; form result tbe introduction of a debased foreign currency, inconvertible into iroJd and silver, with all the disastrous and demoralising coase j qnencee of sach a currency. We should learn wisdom from our own experience as well as from the experience of other 8tates ia this matter.- I At thia very time Ohio U aufferinsrwreat inenn-1 ventence and lo from the depreciated currency of other 8tale where beaks have suspended tbe payment ef specie. It was to obtain relief from such a currencf that our existing ejaieea of bank ing waa eetabKebed ondv the act of 1 845. ere- Of 1845. erel other banking 1 1 in.',.. . i- atiug the State Bank of Ohio, aad .- It appears from ' t'e -quarterly report ot tua Auditor, for November last, that the entire banking capital of tba incorporated bauka of the State is, vixt . - $5,861,364 36 branch ee of the State Bank of Ohio $4,104,500 7 independent banks...... 632.264 11 free banka..... ............ I,124,t,U0 The entire eirrulation at tha : - same time was, viz: $8,634,887 Branchee of State Bank...$7.403.959 Iriependent banks... ....... 575,685 Free benks..-...-. ........... 655 243 Thie amount of banking capital and issoe bears a very sea II proportion, as compared with tbe popnlMttoa, wealth and boeMiees of t bis State, to the banking capital aod issues of ant of tbe other 8utes, end, ae a consequence, we find our deficiency is supplied by their excess of issnea. It is hardly an over-estimate to say, that the issues of foreign bank now in the band of the people of Ohio, arwaqaef to the iaeoea .f oar own bank or abent eight at.d a half million of dollar. Of this asm, a very considerable por. tkm cooatatrof theieaoesof banks wf.icb have Sovpetided specie pavmeota, embracing the banka of Peunaylvabia, Maryland, Virginia, Miesouri. aad parte of the iseues of other States. All such teenee bare depreciated ia the beads of the people of Ohio, at least ten per cent, amounting in the aggregate to several hundred thousand dollar. When it is remembered that in tbe fall of 1857. only three yearn k a like loss was eva- taiaed by the people of this State from the same source, tt becomes a quest ion:f eerkHis moment t te eoeetder wbetberauy. and if any, what meae-! area can be adopted to guard the people from such frequent nod heavy pecuniary disasters. So long a tbe eopplv of ercutatiiig note tvsoed by oar own bank, i toeefScent for the transac tioa Of the basinets of tbe State, it will, in my opinion, bo ia vain to attempt, hy legislative enactment, to expel the issues of foreign banks. The tawa of trade and the necessities of tbe people will prove more pot oot than atatutory restrictions aad prohibition. If tbe fee may- be con-aidered aa desaenatraxed, aa I think ' tt dearly may, that we meat depend chiefly foe carreacy tnt the bnsineee transact ions of the people of tbe State, either 011 tbe iaawes of fireigo banks, or of the banks of out owe State, I think no e-titeu of Ohio can beertate a asoveet aa to which be woeld prefer, euO especially ia iew of tbe fact, that, while Within three years, tbe batiks ot bear ly all tbe other States bave euperoVd tbe payment of specie, and many o? them twice in tha spaod of ume, the banks of Ohio have preyed true to their obligation, and equal to these testa ef their strength, aad aow command the eeiver-al confidence of the people of the Sute. 1 respectfully eahmit to the consideration of the Leg . toletare, the queetion whether- any plan eaa be devuted for the increase of the banking capiuU aad eonaeqaeot ecbtrgement of the issoe of banks within oar own State, act be only practice ble mean ef expelling the Usaes of foreign banka, and of protecting the people from the manifold disasters of a debased currency. : Thie question is also important ia another view. It is bat fire yoara, from Ute first cf May next, when the chartera of the bank incorporated under the act of February. 1845, will expire. Tbi embrace tha thirty-six branchee of the Sute Bank, and tbe seven independent banks, the eircula tion of which .being eritMrawa. w a would to practically without an 01. j circutloa. and dependent upon fjre'gu tar V fr Ovir entire cnr reney. Tee State may fJIow the example of the General Governtnect ia restricting the circola-tion and diibnrssment cf its revenees io gold and silver.1; Bat; siUr all, thiwi!l found to exert little inSueac over the great to miners in-leresU of le people. The fct, then of the near approach cf the lirae for years X bat a trief period !n tie history rt a tile when the exisllDjj tanking systeu wi'I terwinate, and a view cf tic very irrcrtatt corseqnenee wbch r.u.I (. JT.-k CA v.iL Unless troviiott U n-Jei in lima ta meet it. are auCcient reasons for - eommeadla UJs isaportant matter to your coo- aideralton. r There is abuadent reason to believe that a Urge majty ef tbe people are aot cc satiafic-d with their prerot eystm cf bankin?, b. ibat ,they would regard it ae a grest ptitliO calamity to see it paaa out of existence. It baa met its obligations ander all tircumsiances. maintained Hs credit, and furuialed a currency at all time convertable into gold aod eilver. . These are advantage which the people duly appreciate aad would very reluctantly forego. Wiih amendment of the ayetem which may be deemed drsirable, if any, tW the better- protection cf tbe creditor of tbe banks, and, ia terms eat jetting the property of the banks toa taxatioaeqrsi to that imposed on tbe property cf individuals, " ss pn.vided by our CtiStitutiun, I do octdsut't tha syateai would, during its renewed existence, give asaniversal satisfaction to the people cf tha Stete as it haa heretofore, and is owe givix. : ' . TBS PCSLIC wonxa. r ; ' -. -; I again invite your acteorioe to cf Putlla Works. During the past year ihm expense cf that department have coneidetaWy. exceeded the tveipta. ' This, it is said, is mainly owing to tbe extraordinary fiiMKls of April, wbicb caused much damage to a portion of the warka." ' The fact that for tbe last five years thw result baa beea the same, has induced the opt a (on that tbey will continue a permanent taa so long a they are ; controlled bv tbe State; aud a fet-licg prevails to a considerable extent that tbe entire interest of the State in the should la disponed of. There are grave considerations connected with this subject, a hich will, doubtless, receive yoar careful attention: That the people of the State will demand the eale of these work, when they become sati.-fied they cannot be made self sasuicieg, think admiu of little doubt. - ' I am not iasensihle to tbe great advantages these works have been to the Stete, in developicg . its resources, and increasing its Wealth. They have created far more capital than, tbey have eoeu Bat tbe en unties not lying a pen these works, and which receive bat little,1 if any, ad-vantagee froaa them, eHect to taxee to keep them in repair foe the benefit of ethera,1 They have built their own" railroads and mean of comma-nicarioa withrmt the aid ef the - State, and aue-taioed them at their owo coat, 00 matter bow ex. pensive they may be. and tbey contend that it is . jest as fair and proper for the rest of the State, to be taxed to pay the expenses of keeping their railroads in repair, aa it ie te compel them to pay taxes Co keep ep the canals. Tbe - active-carrying competition of tha railnmda, it is said, not only diminishes the bos'tiaa oa the canals, bat will in all time to come j-tt'-tt them from . treiiMtcting eeoegb buaioeae xtf amke them self-snstaiiiing. - The following a4, con pi led from the report of the Board of FubUo Wotae, U par-rifient to this view of the case: ; :- - arw s fe S3 r e a c 493,47 76,663 24,628: 63,735 80.200 76.V64 363,687! 373,6241 363,6(i6 33,899 The eetimated total cost of our Public Worka at tbe time of (heir completion was 914 627.549 79. The avi-rege arn.ua! iacome foe tbe Isot five ye .. t 1 g r r ,, expebae, beyond the veara, has been a frac- COt- V itml We have pre pert y that cost ua about fifteen mil-Jiongof dollars. ad we fiod hy fire con sec a live yearK experience that, inetead of iu paying the interest oa iu cost, it is actually running as iu debt. " This is one view of the case. Let as look at the other. Mauy intelligent crtitens arge that that tbe Public Works, by a proper S)stecn of management, and grd nation of tools, can ba made, not ot.ly eelfusteining, but a source of revenue to tbe State." There are many and weighty reasons why tbi ehoeld be'tborvaghly tested, before we abandon these eosrly aud important works. - - Large investments bave been made on the line of tbeee -work, as is claimed ' under an implied pledge on tbe part of tbe Stete, that tbey should bw kept ia permanent condition for use. An; ebudnjent of tha canals, or their sale, without m auQicient fcaaranty for their maiu-tenatice, would b- ruiouus to thejpertiee interest-ed,'. It would deptet'iate the value of property to an amount ex'eeding tbe cost of the canals. L l28 Congress granted oesrl? half a million of acres of land, between Dajton and the mouth of the Auglaize river for canal coostructioo This was upon the coodi tioa expressed in the deed of conveance, "that said - i-anale, when completed, b mil forever remain public biirbwaya for the use of tbe Olivers ment . of the -United Statea, free from tolls or other charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persona ia their service paeaing through the same. Thee lands were accepted by tbe tkate of Ohio wi.h this condition. They bave been aald, nod the proceeds nv been applied to tha purposes -f the grant. If these canal arc eokLorpasa out of tbe hat-d of lbr State, bow is tbia pro mise to bafniniled to tbe General uoveromeet? On the moct ot tbe canals, and especially oa the Maskingam improvement, tlvete are oa Is tending leases of water power by the Stete, for nine-tytine years, renewable forever, aad lav aome instances there are centracte ia lien of farmer graau, in perpetuity. These contract impose obligations oa tha State that eaast- ee met. flow shall tbeso vested righu be protected if the llixte diaocee of her interests ia these works? i It is urxed that if the; Canals are eold, they iH ultimately be controlled by the Railroad Corporatione of the Slate, the effect of wbicb will be to so diminish trans porli ion, and con flict with the well eaUb'Uhed policy of e?very commercial Stete to multiply raihtr than tolese sen the avenues of trade. vn if the sup?or of canals sball impose a small tax, it i worthy cf consideration whether the incident! beneCte to the counties not upoo or adjacent tie re to, by reason of lesser rates of transportarion," r:;;ht not more than compensate for the tax. r , . 4 Tbere are thirty-six counties In Ohio, ou. or contfguoos to our Public. Works, tearing Cf:v two counties dependent mainly upon river. lake, or railroads for their avenues , to market., Tha canal counties are mainly those that were without ntua! outlet to a market. It ia instracttve to note tb ir present oosition in regaH tApon bvion and wealth. By th eaus i f 1823. the thirty a a oanat o oati-n have a ppa'ation of 1 ,153.256 1 whila the 52 other counties have population of 1,190 137. Tb ni t coontTee bave an ag r te e $ l-i?,25-t.432 oa the tax list, Th fifty otter to jctiea karj ag) agmgate of $420.253 767: :- ; . v. . ' An Urge portion of this vaTee la tie canal eoantie ha a iVn from the exfsteoce of tie banal. o their destruelioB would eerious'y dpra. ciatetbame. and the b of tXtica ti'nj ewrrespoodingly losseoed. tW tur?rff tie-putlie debt, and the ordinary x-i. cf the government would thus be; r r;. rurnt!r ta-creased cpoa the rajio!8g pe; . r;r cf r tie. Wbethera alecan Y-e tea.l on 1 aa will aeeora to the J I-V f e fl u cf . these pnhltc wwka ia a qi ; 1 n',!.' - ?-frse it-aelf to the careM c3i..l . , . ' c.'t'-a Gcsral Ae-embly.;-";; - :, - - The report of th e f.oir o b?5 " '. rzl rie Ai'litor of S'a'e "on'tio m"f f-c- - ct-ed with this subject that U1 aid ia vour i-t ..i. 1 ttiotia.'V So Urge ao interest, tuvomc; 63 ia .. , 2?- a - ." "5 ' 5 ' 1856...... $4J4.nfl 1837.. .. 343,720 1858 297.354 I8i-... 257,820 1860,.. 308,934

' : ' -; cii ict . J... ; NUMBER 39. ' ft'-i' si-,'". .';. ' ' ' . i :! scy ... -i . . 'm : rXisth Pmiptiam mi mm BAmmfd Phyei , L Q b m iutei wlUi n; f tb ber mmmi 4iMMM,hold in U wttbwU (UUyv Xi 1U rir Cm tlM sjrtra, and wbea mm UaU ekia. fe applitima f Dr. WcaTSb'S ' CC3A7C, cii oiarjacaTf TB CESATX bM iwvd ttMlf U th mm iaUaaot rr Lnrooud, ul wher m kmO, it tea Tr ba kva t Uil f aSMtiog a ptrauani r Ot4 Gmrmm, TCto ad Biagwona, oIi OiilbUiBi ui FrMt BltM, BvWi Iuh, kapp4 r CrMkd ha4 ot JLip ClotokM r Pirn 1m tbfa. -- Amd tor SofMipim mmd.Sorjm. Cru ia tb aly tb.lf jrqired to ur. It mU fc ta ib ka trnvwr UmOj. - 9irtarr9St Crte3$ ieifU. Hrtotion mceomyaay aci BottU. Sold , bg (dieim Dtmt i' --. f- L i -J. H. HARRIS C, FwrUtora. tk WMtora mm 8mtrm St, Cinelaakti, O. T wb iriui for (b mhmrm ilmiinm mmj h mir& BU WhUl ui ZUil hj 8. W. Lippltt, Mt. ; Jmn BUaehard. Mk. Vrooa; R. g. Fnnoh, 2iabier; N. J)jto. Mrtlabutg; . Hontmg 4 Iom, rrUrikMva; W. X. Mabon, Jiillwood; B. r. 8pp, DmtUU Roberta A Snael. Colambu. PERRY DAV1SV Tunuu PAIN KILLER, . ?. THE CHEAT ?AUILY IIEDICINE OPTHE AGE ITTii Mk the suDtioa f lb trads ajid ib pb , T I Ito to thi lonj and attriTaIld ' - or tb eare of Calda, Coagba, ftak 8tomal ml Debilit7t Indigestion, Craap and Pain In Umaeh, Bowel Coraplaia I, CboIIe, DiarrhoB, Cbol v- And for Ferer Apr, ber Ia nothing better. It baa been tkrorabl knowa r aaora tban twenty year, to be the ONLY SURE SPECIFIC ot the manj diaeaaea Ineidentte tbe bnmti u&Hj. lateranllr and Exteraally s werba eqvally aare. What tronger proof of tbeae eta eaa be srwdueed tbau tbe fulUwlnj letter retired mmtUiciud from Rer. A. W. CnrtU : : Roaao, Jfaeoaib Co, Micb. Jnly 9, 1860. Meeara. J . H. Baaau 4b Co. : OcntUmm Tbe con. ieaee I here in Perry Darie Pain KDIer aa a rem. 1 far Colds. Ceegba, Barns, Sprains aad Kheama-ai, for the care of which I hare aaceeaafnlly used indnoaa ma U eb a erfally racomiseod iu rirUea wu mm. A fa w atoatha are I sad recoarse to It to destroy a loa ; aJtioujfc X atrar neard of iU biflg used for latporpeae, aat Barlaa; anffered In tensely from a raeer oae, aad baring ne ether remedy at hand, I jplied tbe Pain KOler freely for about fifteen mln-M oraaiac and repeated the application very riefly the next moraine which entirely destroyed a felon, aad increased the confidence in the ntility the remedy. Yoara truly, A. W. CrRTI8, AflniaUr of the tfeyleaa Methodist Chnrch. The Pain ZLHIer as been Uated in every variety of climate, and be most every aatioa knewa to Americana. It ia tbe most constant eempaaiaa and inestimable Mead tbe missionary and the traveler, oa aea and land, id no one should travel on our lake or riccr tcitX-u it. Be sure yon call for aad get the (eaalne Pain Eil-r, aa many worthless nostra sas are attempted to be Id on the i-reat repntotioa of tbia valaable medi- ic Directions accompany each bot'ie. Sold by dealers every where. Price 24 eta., 51 eta, aad 1 1, per bottle. J. N. HARRIS A Co, reprietora for the 'Western aad Southern Statea, . Cincinnati. Ohio. Sold Wholeeale aad Retail y Jamea Blaaehard, - W. Uppitt, ilu Veraan ; R 8. Trench. Gambler ; . Day tea. Martinsbarg; hfooUgne A Hoeae, Fred, ricktewa W. X.iicJlahoa. Hill weed; S. VT. 6app, aarille. - nev 0 DR S. O. RICH ARDSON'S SHERRY WINE BITTERS, 'he Celebrated New England Remedy ' ran ' HABITUAL CONSTIPATION, mm Agm. fieaeral DeMllir II Phnifi s rt! . m twmm m DUaracr- r mimmaht Urr, etr atawvla. HET are need and reeemmended by leading PhysicUns of the conn try, aad aUwho try them reejonnca them iavalnabla. Da. JAMES L. IJSEPERE, writea from Navarre, tark Co., Ohio, "ihe Bittera are highly praised hy teee suffering from indigestion, .yspepsia and liver in plaint." B. 8. DAVIS, Postmaster at" WUr.amaport, Obla, ys, "they give great satisfaction. I sa them my. If, having taken cold, become prostrate aad Lost my ?petite. It relieved me. and I eaa recommend it ith great asaaraaaaaf iu merits Da. WlCat. KERR, ef Rogerarille, IaL. wriUa a that they are the meet valuable medicine offered. : haa recommended them with great success, and ith them made several cures of palpitaUem of the eart aad general debility. I THOMAS STANFORD,, KeaaUrnie, Henry Indn writee aa a long letter, ander date of May ; 1869. Be waa maeh redceed, having beea aiBica. d for three years with great nervosa debility, pal. Station of the heart ef the moat severe aad proa- atiag character, 'after asing a few battles I waa mpleuly restored, and am bow ia robast health." E0RtiK W. ilQFFMAH says ha waa afliceed i'.h fhamatlsm for twenty yoara, ia all iu various name, aaeT at the date of his letter he had been two ears well; the JCiUera effecting the aare, when An, i,ru anriisim siMiid iia kim v a mmS it uh ffeetioa, or dropsy, it is a apeelte certain remedy." ' J. W. HUNT writea fi-em Delpboa, alien Ca, O, s aeetiea where Fever and Agae prevails.) that he tout cheerfully recemmenda them af decided merit an cssm MB.re.tiA.su AUU,Disrraii, iVD GENERAL DEBILITY. " t- , --t D. . QALLEUKitd, M. writea from Vaa 7t Okio, ( moat respectfully reeemaend the berry Wine Bitters la the notice af Dyspeptic per-aaa. aad ia all who require a stimulating medicine. Sack Weare we are receiving Uaily full Pmrtiemlmr Aoeoataaay Erne Bottl. They are eeid by Medieiae Dealers generally. ; Price 7i eta. per battle. J. N. H IRRIS CO. tiaeiaaati, Ooio, Proprictora for the Seathera aad j W cetera 8tatea, so whom addreee all orders, j f er eale by 8. W. Ufpitt, Mc Vernoa, a; Jane naaehard, aft. veraoa; R. 8. French, Gambler: S. ytaa. MartUsbarg; Meetaraa A Hoeae, Freda. ii"tw J': T' ahaa, MUlweadj S. W. gap,, Oaavlllet Raaerai A Samael, Columbaa. f aovAly. UulX mi. McCoyaT : j COililRClAKL COLLEGE, ( ' CQLUafaCS, OHIO. TtllS theraarb mannas la kiS Kt.t. a. JJ. Xaatfntioa ere drilled ia all the routine af bn wi, aas i m u fct rroga CuueUoa of The eoaree ef tady is full aad thoroughly p reelect, AU the 1st fvms aad insTravamsnta are ia-redaeed, aaA tLa X aeull wUl aanate as y oae fter ha has completed the course, ta be fully qaU iad fce km tk kuvka , m m-m l.,!.ui V am u . Dally Lecures delivered ea Book-keeping, Pea- Z . . . r' J-VSWWSMKBfc WVMWWTi I mt mmW - . Trnne ' For fall tal talintUeJ Coarse, CiO. ' ttadeate eaa eater at any time and review at plea, are. i The aaaal time to eomj-lete the eouse la frem U Iwa:: til tela! t?l,59pTwttk,-Ctt ef Beaks, liiflaooa, tre titilmtu let f parUealare, adireaa iloCOr A Ce CoUmknj, 0, GOVEItNOR OF OHIO, Tfr Ute rity-Faarta Geaerml aaentblr Seconal SesaiaB . FdUw Citizen f lU Senate, and of& Eoumt 2eprtmtM0Otve t : r I weloome your return to jovt oSeial labor aod1 congratulate jou vpom the proepareaa eoe ditioa of ear State. , Tke United Statea Casta of the pest year, with the Report of tbe CoamiesieBcr of fitatie-tica, faraiah an neb faterMtine; taforzsation rela tire to the growih ef the 8 ute. To tbeee soar eea, bat chiefly to tbe latter, which will be laid before joo io a few day a, I am indebted for tbe following acta, which exhibit ia part, tbe fTati-ffinj progress of the State ia iu material development, daring tbe past jeara- -.x JMt,:.-,;,, 1M ; Popautlow..l.902t . 2A8,009 Jacreese , H Iacreaaeper et. Improved lands.y,83I,49J Unim proved landa, 1400,000 Inoreese of im- - 1MJI 13,1 05, acre. U10,li4 " prared laada. J3 prxt. 119,009 saaerea. Saabav eflaad owa v ers ... 277 ,6 09 Av'age quantity lead owned by each per. Aver price ef land... $19 99prare 31 OOpuaar. -: AOBjcrxTCBX raoDucra. '1,': isso. . isoo. Aggregate amount of grata are pa 8S,4a7.1Uba. 1,100,1TJ ba. hieadew. Hay, 1,443,101 tons. 100,456 taa Livestoek 7,793,401 So. lacreaae of graia . crepe........ . laareaae ef hay ' - aMTe. Coal mined.......8,000,0e0 ba. Iron furnaces.......... 3& Ne. Iron pig metal made (1,638 teas. Salt made-.... 50,3a0 ba. ; Valae of mining pro- ducts ............ $2, 05,?0 M H,857 no. it pr.et. - Si - 48,000,000 bo. 4 No. 106,000 toes ,00 0,000 ba. R8,0 Of pr.et. '-.. 400 - Iaereaae of coal mined pig iroa.... " 44 aalt rnada. valuea ....... auacracTtraxa. . :IS30. . 1869. 878e,78f 119,903,183 113 pr. ct. Value of manufacturea proper 41,12 4,707 Aggregate value of, man ufactariog, mining and mechanical industry...... ...62,64758 Increase of maaafac- - tares, valuc...... In e reuse of mechaoU cal A man u fact or- iag Indus try ; 90 - - cuaxaaca uro aAnaxnog. . ISM. 1S38. VesseU built, aumber 81 68 Tonnage vessels built 6,3 1 4 teua. 1952 1 tons. Aggregate tonnage... ; 82,466 f ,J.14W " V eese is cleared for - - ' .oreiga StaUs ; ... 368 V : 480 Tonnage of vessels cleared tor foreign " - ' - - - porta S3 407 61,416 - lacreaae vessels ballt f 199 pr.et, tannage built : 360 : whole teenage - 86 fereiga trade Vt tocoaoTtov. 1840 1360. 969 miles, 3,069 Caaala. V66 mile 360 - fitailroada..... Turnpikee aad Plank twdiH 3,006 3,000 laeraaea of lUilreada 700 pr. ct. Tarupikee . ", 50 u Tbe eatimated coat af the 2,700 mile of Bail. road built aioce 1850, U eigbi million of dollar. . raorxnTT an debt. Cash value ef all pro perty . 1504,726 888,803,601 00 Slate Debt............... 14,520,76 16,927,834 31 The aggregate debt of tbe State, municipalities, baakers, merchanu, and individoala, waa estimated by tbe Commissioner of Statistics, to hi report of 1859, at $18992.246, axcloaive of the Uailroada, which u a pecio pledj; on tbe road. .Debt dae oat of tbe State. $55,000,000, aon- sistiogr of debt doe by tbe State, mBoicipalitiea, oaaks ana tnerchanU. Increase in tbe vala of propertr, : 75 per coot. Ftovariien of debt to aL rooerty. 28 dae out of tbe State ? ! to tbe whoW value of property ...h. 8 The entire debt of tbe State aad of the people ot Ohio.ie eoaeiderably lea than tbe iaereaae in tbe vala of property ia tbe last tea years. Small aa ia uu debt compared . with the resources ef tbe State, it i yet a heavy burden on tbe todoa tra of the people, erbieh ca oaly be Jeeeeeed, or removed, hy aagmeated prodaotaoa aad. tacreaa- ed eeoaomj. ' - ' - .. . . auxixa aso ataaXFAcrcanra. Tbe great iaereaae ot miaiaraad aoaaafactar ittf, exhibited hy theae eondeaaoed ctatemeau, ia bigb! eacoaragtoa; aad gratitvuig fact. It indicate a' cttll further aod indeaaite progreaa of development of- tbeee important ialaraau. The capabUit:e of the State ia that regard are aim oat an U anted. Toe daty ef 4he State to (baler tbeee branch of eeefo! iadoetry hy all nit- able legUlatioa aa la the doty of all good gov. erameot to tasore to labor not only fell occupation, bat tbe greatest prodaotivenaaa ia wail ap-preoiatad. . Aided a are suy aope aach aa obli gation anil be by the feaeral govaramant, the fotore arill fiod Ohio eweoaU to aoae of her coo. tederated aiater la auaiajr aad saanafaetaring wealth and ia all the acooenpaaviaa' aaaaatieJa of aocial lodepeadeaoe, which eharactaiiz tut iodoitrioof people of Oifrie4 f artoua, ,. QEICVLTUaB aira aoaicbLTtraax, SCBOOLaV . Important aa are tbeee interest to the people of tbe State, end aa deterring a they am of be iog carefoll cberiebed. we aboald bear ia mind that it ie oa agricaltare that are mast depead aa the maia eoaree of oar valfara, JFaily tbrae-Cfts of bar population are ealiiratori of the eoil Whateaer, tAereZore, ariii promote ue Cevelop. Beat of taa branch el eo uaoat'ys sboald re ceive tbe aaiaatiaj aval iavioraUBj; aeoaTga caeot Of tbe Sut. t"- ... " .- ,v It moat be admitted that arrloalura, either a a science or aa art, U far froo beis parraed ita. that ardent aad eaefeaxfiu rrtnl doe to it importance, Tb prodnctire raaoorca of the tute are but imperfectlj ijTslcpti Xk area etaally culuvated doea aot ozoaad c;-fjcr.i of the enure territory. The ratarna, parts ;t, at abundant crop a the natural fcrtUI'y cf lie soil, little' elded by eoiance, eaa prodoca, -. O liar eoeatria, la eoaaeqnaBee of tSteir dacsa i.J ia eraaaiag production, hare beea obi:d ap eal to eoteaoe and eod! aid front iu trexssra. cot only to rasiore tie faruTuy of the toll, tat-ty grcial appiioationa. to iacraua tia Tr.-l prodaotiveaeaa. Igratf,iB! lohno.tlattbe i ate!.; -set eart of the Ohio iu Doaxi cf Aa. It t 9 saa aa-M - . J . est results. - There U ioiVl that the pro?rti of agri-cs!ts2rss!i t pn&t:I If lU !rmntz-:s aaltiag from aa experirustal Cra csxld te csav tarred upon tie Lussrs cf Ciia. Te IcaagurxU oo datirbtl aa ui-Ullca ll cf-U ta wall to ari '! r vat . a 4Vtaveawsy -a waawe- .UiCC UaTtBri mVU lOm9 proved t;:U3 f articttlUra, tanii oa scien-CZs priocIea, trj ttmj croTzti by th.a ttii place aportioB of the Deform School Farm onier the diroctioaftbo Ohio Bute Board cf Ari eol tare, aad to direct tbe resolu of experimenU ia tbe aereral departmaaU of farming aad itook raising, to be communicated to the - far mere to tbe Suiej through tb AAaaal port of tlte Uoard. . , . .-. AgrionUoral School, erhererar aaUwiabed, have beea prodactive ef good reealt. Sach. aa iostitatioB is thia 8 Ute, organized apoa prinoi-ple adapted to tbehabiu ef tbe people, I do not doubt, would receive xheii approval. I iatite yoaf iaTorable oonideration to tbia aobjeck PCXUO BKOOt, BY8Tew:;l i '; Aa oar civil aad political iaatitntion are derived from the . wisdom, aod exiat ia the will of the people theeoorca of all rightful authority aad ot all legitimate aovereignty it t obvioaa that it f opon the education of the people we most rely for the parity, tbe preiorvatioa, and tbe rer Detaetion four repoblicao a of ror- ernment. Ia tbieaacred caase we cannot exer ciae too pinch liberality. It u tdeoti&ed with oar beat intexeaU ia thia world, and- with oar beet destiaie jn tbe world to come. It ia a aoarce of jut pride to tbe people of tbia Slate that Ohio baa oo caaae ef self-reproach oa thia accounts Tbe wise proviaiooa of her organic law, imposing tbe daly apoa tbe the tieneral Assembly of main taiaing a thoroagh aad efScieot system of comi rnoa school tbroaghoatthe Slate, and the fideli tj with which due obligation haa been discharged bear honorable witoee of her seal ia behalf of popular edacatloo. , - Hur present school lew waa enacted to 1853. It much more comprehensive aod effective in iu provision tban any preceding law in Ohio. Being radical ia aome of iu features, it ia oot surprising that il met with early opposition. It imposed, what seemed to aome. en unreasonable taxation, and conferred authority upon Boards of Education which was objected to by many. But from the first a large majority of the people have approved tbe ayatem, and aince it haa vindicated iU value by iu actual workings, little opposition is arrayed against it Wherever it has been faithfully administered it baa accomplished a noble work ibr the people of the StaU. - . For a full exhibit of tbe progreaa of edacatloo under tbia system, I refer you to the report of the School Commissioner. The recetpU and expenditures for the school year ending August 31st, I86V, were as follows, vixt -. .. ,' BaXKlPT. ' . Balaace on head Sept. 1, 1859.. $582,790 67 Finee, licence, end anwcellaoeona aoorcea..... . . .. 69.775 IS Irreduoible school (aadinm 170.640 45 State tax...... .... ....mwmwm. 1,244,155 39 Towaahip taa prolonging schools 6 ' moa. aad aoatainiag high auhooU, 85103 07 Towcship tax for si Us, baildiags, re pairs, and contingent expeaen- 578.235 92 TetaL.. $8,506,901 53 Bzrsvorroass. . Amoast paid teacher ........-$2,046,060 92 Sites, batldinga, and repairs..... : 457,642 31 Fuel, and all other contingent ex- penaes... .... . ........ 257,125 44 Total 2,760,828 67 The following table shore the encouraging prorrese made by our school system daring the past six year also, a comparison between tbe last two jeer; 1833. 1859. 1860. No. youth en a mora ted 830,634 No. enrolled ia schools 631,939 Av. daily attendance 915,831 No. teachers employed 16,764 Amount pd. teachers $1,773,768 No. school houses 7.830 Value school houses 229,911 No. pub. high schools aft Teaebef - 196 Papila enrolled 7,523 865.914 893,884 600,034 683,177 330,899 405,592 19,544 20,731 1,941 555 2,046,060 10,279 10,422 4,409,133 4,707,327 151 161 363 319 10C518 13,183 These faeU satisfactorily show that our school system ia rapidly demonstrating iu excellencies. The steady increase in tbe number of children in attendance upon the schools, the improvement in the qualifications of teachers, the number and character of the higf. school of the State, and the great improvement ia the architecture of the school houses, are indicative of a pervading educational interest among the people. ' v.. , I do not deem il necessary to recommend any : eeaen tial modification of tbe aobool law. The 1 amall appropriation which tbe Commissioner re : eomaoeada for the eeeoarageaent oCIoatitutea ia ' the more a par eel y aettled coanliea would, I doabt not, be productive of good. -, , . ' 1 TUB STaTB UBBABT. Connected "with the subject of edacatioa, I invite yoar attention to the re,rart, for this year, of the Commiasionere of the State Library, ia which' they make some suggestion' which ere entitled to few eooal&ratSo.: The Sute lAbrary?hM c0 beeo inetitaled for fortyHaree year. ; Tha entire expeadituree for' ita increase and preaervatioo, iaelading salaries, to Nor. 15. 1860, have beea $5b542 87. The whole amber ol registered booka ia 22J9V The people of Ohio having provided liberal ia stmctioa tor all the youth of, tbe 8taio, it eems oot only appropriate, bat imperative, that while the oomotoa achooi furnishes that instruction ' necessary to a fair knowledge of the cnethodt and means of intellectual service, aa ' inetitarioa ! hoald be fostered which is capable of coHectiog and preaerving the appliances moat approved I for the practical apdicatioa of those methods and means. j - ' s. Ldbrariee are aot merely reapectable evidaeeea of Intelligence, aor are they oaly places of depo. e it tor pabue . feoord. They are workshop wherein the highest achievements of the bumaa mind are prepared tor.oc wroeght oui. w The Ohio Sute Library haa become, ia a respectable degree, a. aorknbop tor writers of books of h istorie value, and It would be a eoaree of just pride to the people of the State, If if were so sup plied with books as would eff ml aa opportunity for any citixeo to execute whatever iatellectual engagement kin taste ox hie businexs mifbl re qaire. v ' - - , Sack approprialioo aa the Enaneea of the Sute permit, for tbe finishing of the Library Call and for the iaereaae aad preservation of the Library, by meant or ecce sioe and Ij a cat aloraevare respectfully recommended.. : The suyjvstiooa of the Library Comoaisaioner res pectins exebangea of Ohio laws. rvTorU and doeumente. with sister fUatee, aad wuh govern aeatt aad ociettea of Coro;, deaom escttier atioa. The Librarian taa it8 particular sU8B tioa to tbxt breach of hit daty asdeot not to It deprived of any raaionaU meant cf promot. Ut tack exebaexee,- IstorcbaDge I cflawi and pbblio 4ocamtat8 eacoorsos that tuterconrsj of aatiuua weica isues auuscsuy iiuiinuuuu ea thoroc;a kcqasJatancawiA the characterisiica of tieir people. , This, tbe rederal Govern aant Lbarally rectsLced wbaa it authorized, tiofree traagaUsioa ol all puU'uj record fcetweea Co Lute t aad ia that aptrit we may eaconraze thoroBgh Interchange, . aa. ireirwlh ; Tort'ji pa tiotjg, a wi;iia lit TJn'oa l!2-y If tie most valaiUe acetlzsioeo leads to tL Library w 'bin tie Us t Cv year tar t::a ly c2is8xl i-ilar oaiiosAl Exchans;,:, -'4 ." v . 4 The benavolaat iiutilutiona cf CawL4a-eoa-tinue te make atsjrl ntarsg fit tie patroaxe thayfiavo rocaivti. I tax great plxxsre ta re- enttcated with their aiaiautraUea.- tioa-ir; iea opera- . v tion daring tie paxt year, and thai. . recant coa-ditioa Axcompaoying these Bepc a,, yoo will be gratisd to Lui Annual Report c ' the Uaoj-Utoa Couaty Lanatio Aaaylem, -wL' h promise tabeoao of the mo t eaJuable aa.; aoccessfal loatitauooa of iukiad, in the Coast y. liopro riaiono having beea made, by law, tar printing thia Report, I tranamit it to the fiencte ia maan eript .v. ' It will be aeea by reference too carefully pre. pared table-of iaatttBtione for the Insane ia tbe United State ta connection with tl subject of reeoverie of iunatica. forming a part of the very valuable Report of the Superintend.Qt of tbe Central Lunatio Assylum, that thai Institution haa for many year maintained a portion in ad vaoce ef alt similar insututioos cf the United Sute ia the proportion of iu recoveriea , apoa tha number of palienU committed to ite caiaw Tbi tact is attributed by the Saperic teadeBta no amaJJ degrees, to the policy of tbe Cute ia re-qairiogall iu iamatea to be maintain od at the expense of the State, aod all ahronio and ioc arable casaa to give place, whea aeceafary, to those that are recent aod hopeful. , s i si , Whilst thia is a gratify tag evidence of the wia-dom of oar State policy io respect- to ;tbe administration of oar Assylnms for the Insane, doe aot the fact that the chronic and incurable eases most give place to those that are recent and more hopeful, suggest tha duty of the State to make aome eeiuble provision for the custody end care of the incurable rnaaae T Would not the erection and maintenance of aa assy lam tor so beneficent a purpose be ia accordance- with tbe humane pirit of our Constitution ,and the benevolent entimenUof the people 7 . -. OHIO afSOlOAL tXJIXEOB.. . s , I beg leave to call yoar particular attention to the aooompaayiog report of the Trustees of the Medical College of Ohio. , Tbe fiaeoeeaof that institution axe seriously embarrassed, and legis-IaJioa is asked . for by the Trustee, to enable them to relieve the college from iu diScukiea. , It givee me much pleasure to call yoar attea-tioa to the Directors nod Warden of the Penitentiary. .The management of the Iastitutioa dar iag the put year ha beea highly satisfactory The law rewarding the good conduct of the con. vioU, by borteuieg their term of sentence, ha been attended with ettoearagisr reaulu anon tbe discipline of the Iastitutioa. Under : its sumo lating tauaenee the prisonera, for the most part, cbeerfally perform the task assigned to them, aad faithfully discbarge ail their datieo to the in titnttoD.. . The number of convict in the Penitentiary on the first day of November last waa 432 l of whom 379 were received daring the year. ; In the same period 283 were discharged by the expiration of their sentences, by pardon, and by judicial process. Five were cent to the Reform achooi, end nine died. ; The cash receipts and cash earnipg of the Institution tor the year were $97,905 60. Tbe ae tual eapendituea during the same time were $97. 610 26, leaving a cash balaace in favor of the Prison of $294 34, The labor performed by tbe convicts in the construction of ahop and other buildiog, was valuerf at $9.071 . 62. Tbia ad' led to the profits, as it should be, to aake a proper exhibit of the ability ot the ; Prison for aelf support, shows an aggregate.- froct for the year of $9,366 96V . Taaee reaalu aow'tbt tbe. Prison when finished will not only realize the reformatory purposes far which it was established without being a pecuniary eharge apoa the the people, but that it may be made a permanent source of revenue to the State. The enlargement of the Prison, aod construction of workshops, : authorized by yoar act of March last, have been diligently prosecuted. In connection with tbi subject, I venture to suggest for your consideration, in case yon determine upon the erection of a new prison, that provision be made for each a . coastructton of it as will admit a complete separation between the minor and adult convicts. Tbe homane con siderations favoring sach a separation are too obvious to need a statement of them. IBTCMFEaaVOB A2TD CRIVB By reference to the Warden's Report it will be eeen that of the nine hundred and thirty-two conticU in prison, only one hundred and niaety.sevea of them profess to have been tem: perate in their habits, while three hundred and aeventy-nlne acknowledge that they had been intemperate. The proportion of the crime com milted onder the influence of intoxication doe not appear, but from tb statement of the habits of these eonvict. aad from other well known facte relation to the eubjeet, there can be little doubt that very mncu of the crime for which they are Imprisoned, was not only committed. out also originated nadar intoxication infiuea ce. ' . : Ad this Is bat the history of crime everywhere Could any fact furnish a more earnest appeal to tb Legislature to exert all iu constituttonal authority for suppressing the evils of intemperance? I trust yon will give this eoHrct yoar prompt and eerioas consideration, aodttkat yoa will devise aome eaQcient legal remedy for dim-tnishing theee evil, which will addreee itself fav orably to the people of the State, and thereby ae care their earnest support for iu enforcement. It wonld be of little practical benefit for your leg. fslatioa on thia sahject to oo In advance of public sentiment, but it should - fully meet the do maads of that sentiment. ' TW.RWii ' 1 .1 bar much aatiafactioa ia aommanicatiag to yoa the ofieial report of the -past year'e opern-tione of the Stat Reform SchooL Many m atari' aj tmprovemeete in regard to eeonomy, geoerat management, aad dienpiia have beea in trod a-cad into iU edmieieVjiatienw: Tha eatorpriae aboald oo longer be regarded aa aa experiment. Brief ae ia ha history, it baa eatahlishad ita rlaim apoa the public confidence Iu aaeeesa baa re aliaed all tha reaao' able expeeiatioB of its early advocate. -, The practical examples of reform-ationwhich it has funusbed, give th moat grat ifying aaaeraaee of Ue permaaeat aeefulnaae-Ita admiaistratioo ia exealleat, ; I comraend the losUtstioa to yoar fostering care. , : .-"' :i$rTAxn mite. 'I refer yoa to the report of the Anditor for a detailed exhibit of the fiaaneial oondition of the Cute, aad earnestly recommend to your approval the p!B, which wiA the concurrence of the Fond Commissioners, he submit : for the pay. meat of oar entire public dect hy means of tax azioir, without the ranevsj of any of the e-igtIn- laansv The reaaoaa presaaUd by4 tU Aodltor ia Utfif cf tia iameSiaU aiopUoa cf tiu polu cy t ia tay f odgmect, nc&nswerabla. -The whole amount of our redaoible debt, foreign, domestic end ' temporary, is 1V23 2.n .V -. . - - : cen Ini uchefiourcea athar coamand.it does not aeeo reaaooaw.e tiil Ohio should lock to loan to meet her accmlD? liatn;iiee la considerate wt ta ccapared a i.a tet rescrarcei unless the licreased tax over tie present levy aLich will ta retired ta meet these l.V.in.'a wnhio a reasonable tide, would ImpoBO aa unnecessarily heavy harden upon tLe people. Such I do oot tlinV wonlj resall tcra tie aiopiioa cf He r- piseJ p!i3.'JU,-- - - Y Tha Uvy LiiU yer U:i f-r lleitycifeii cf the fitsrtit aod tbe gradual . redoctioa of the pablio dolt ii cat aad toay-teathj of a mill ea farrieT yc to tha Cepon of Cj wivu "4 rxceeca cca ana. a talf cer i , t, or the taxable Value cf the Eiaurarannnt. to the dcllatv -.TbA earn levy continued.' would re alt in the rec-Ctioa ci tie pobI;e debt taJscv. ary 1861, to thaaam- of il 1,67092 20. .Zhe amount to be raised ia the . saeaotime to ; meet tbe accruing interest and principal of the debt by taxation aU thooiher eoorcee of tbe Sinking Fand being aeajy exhausted--wonld be $9,760-C33 64, making the um paid to January 1871, aad to be paid thereafter oa the principal of the debt, $21,430,465 74. Instead of adhering to this mode of paying the public debt, the Auditor propoeee aa addition of six-tenths of a mill oa the dollar to the present levy, making the entire levy two mills on iha dollar, which will provide a suGcient earn to meet the accruing interest, aod those portions of tbe principal of tbe debt maturing prior to, and on the first day of January, 187L leaving then only $4,000,009 of the debt uapsid. . Under thia plea the amount cf pitncipn! paid from January 1. 18S1,.. v ,- : .-. - . . , . -. To January 187 L would b ...19,837,241 20 Tbeiotereat paid daring the same - .... v period woaidba,.... 5,676,233 0 ' --. - . . ,- . . i 'n ii . - vllakiog the tou paid on pria. . . cipal andiatereaL-............. 15,573,474 TO Adding to the tbe principal of - . , the debt remaing unpaid Jana ary, 1871 ...... M d.000.000 00 -'. And the total amount paid to .." ; Janoaryrl871 and to be paid . . thereafter would be.. 1973,474 70 Th'is la $1356.991 04 less than wonld have to be paid coder the present syatem prior to, and oa the first day of Jaauarr, 1871. To this fav. orable ahowing of tbe reanlts of tbe proposed plan of paying the public debt, it should be ad ded, that while the increased taxation recessary to consummate the plan will amount to leea than twenty five cents a year, to each inhabitant of the bum, after the year 1870, the people will be n lieved of tbree-dftha ef this levy, aa the remaining two-fifiba will yield a eofScient sum to meet the interest, and provide for the. payment, at iu maturity, ef the principal of toe remaining four mil I iocs of the pablie debt, , I append table to tbi commnnicatioo ahow log tbe practical workings of the plana.- The following atatement exbibiu the araoant and deaoriptioa of the entire debt of the Sute : V FOaStOV DCB? OP TBS STATS. 6 per ceaU dee in 1860 MW..$6.413.325 87 6 percenu due to 1870 . 2,183.531 93 6 per ceuts due ta 1875. . ..... 1,QU.000 00 6 per cenUdne in l88o.M... 2,4000)0U t0 6 pes vent due in lK61,(T.Loan) 350 OuO GO 5 per ceuu doe io 1865;M...M 1,025,000 00 Stock due in 1856, not ' bearing ifitafav aeeaeaaaaee.M eeeaae 1.166 33 Tofal Foreign Debt '. $13,973,023 53 - DOMESTIC BOSD8, t leaned ander act of Feb. 28. 1843. Faith aod credit, 6 par OfatMM204,700 00 Issued onder act ot Feb. 28, 1843 Lend Bonds 6 per ceaU ........... Issaed andev act of March 7, 1842. 70.585 00 Faith and credit (not bearing in- terest . 839 470 Issued under act of March 7, 1842. Lead bonds aot bearing interest. ;- 925 00 Nattoaal Road Bond aot bearing : , . iatoreat...w - 60 36 ' -. : V Total Donieitia Road Irreducible State Debt, 6 per ceau.$2,677.60O2 KtcartTuusTtox Foreign Debt ... $13,973,023 5S Domestic Debt............ 277.210 36 Irredatible Debt,...MM.....MM. 2,677.600 32 Total debU...... ....$ 1627,834 21 The receipu and disbursements of tbe Stale for the fiscal year ending Nov. 15, 1860, were as follows: CKBEBAL SrMMABT Or BKCKIPTS ABD DlaBCRSX- - , htKKTS, - - General Revenue...... ..$ 805.792 40 Sinking Fuod.......... ...... .......... 1.364.664 18 Canal Fund............................. 421.874 62 Common School Fund................ 1,283,596 72 District School Library Fond ..... 82.719 78 National Road FonL..... ....... ; 14,051 38 Three per cent. Fuad.MM.M.Mm.. . 19 04 ToUi receipU mm.m.m,m.$3,977,718 12 -.. ' - OUBOaSXHSXTS. ' General Revenue .$801 223 .68 Sinking Fand-.1,34985 66 Canal FuDd,..,.. 417,125 54 Com'o School Fnnd.1 250.833 17 , " District Library Faad . 78J895 71 : U Nalioual Road Fund. ; J4.045 31 Three per cent. Fand v....-. , , .. ... ,. 9,911,508 VI Balaace Nov. 15, 1860 . .$66,209 15 The re appraisement of real esUte, subject to taxattoo. mad ia 15j9. aa corrected and eqeal-4 ised by tbe State Board ot Equalization lasv winter, was carried to the .grand duplicate of tbe rotate ia 1860 The quantity of land oot ia cities and villages, a entered apoa the dupucato ot I860, ia 25,511.705 ncrea. .; i , . - Vaioatioa thereofw.,.MMM.$49Zt533,587 Valoe ot real o&ute in cities and viUagca eeM. I47.3uu,iae Total vala of real estate $639,894 311 Value of personal property 2440330 . Total vaioa of tojicabla property , in 18o3. .t 88802.601 Aa com oared with the several amoonu 00 the duplicates of 1859, this shows aa increase iathe n . a e '- a a sa n 2uanUty of laoo 1 lawo ecrest , . ; ncrease ia the valae of. land, not ta -, cities and village, of... . ........ $54.1 53 987 Decrease in - value of roal esiate ia . ciuea aud vUlagea ofU,-..U. 6373,C80 Total Increase ia the raloo of real .$45,78007 Total decrease ia the value ot per. aonal property iw ...,r.w .-:Ao7,b5J The basis of tsxsUoo being $88802.601, aud the State levy for ell purposes, thirty-nine and a half cent oa each one hundred dollar of veina tian. tha total amooot of taxes lor slate purposes on the duplicate of I860, to be collected during tha vear 1861. ia 303.712 S3. This um i distributed among the aereral fuada ia the fol lowing proportion. vt - - 2: The , General Revenue, 8 cenU ca aach $100.... . .. ,$7cgaa The Stakioi Fond, 17. ctt, oo each v. : ; y;ico w...-iz ji,o 1 1 The Com moo School . Fand, 14 eu. . . - 00 each $l00.;;...U.-..,.1.542,8n 78 3 -The taxe levied by local authorities amount to7J13.S63 41, mi-in a total of $10,817,676 Sii lavied Oa the duplicate of ISS0. :v J " t ': .( - RSPTXTICT VT IOCaL TXXJITtoa. . ' From these cxLIbii ft will to seen' that the taxes levied for local aod municipal purposes far exceed, in amount, tbose" levied for 'Sute par-pose. I eaooot cnittttat wi;It proper" vigi-lioce and ecoxOEf, the local tsge taTht be consliraVy lessened. TLe properly hoi Jer pr oar ciwza:most tar.iealarly'fel tbesa "burdena, and wiih grearja&.ca tuk for game prescribed limif to local taxat.'oi, " Ample authority is giv- oa I 0 Consi.:: ttca i 1. .3 Lee'Ure fc re- cuict tbe I cavt reject.". ..'I reepectfuli'y call yoar attention to this tm portent 1 Siljact, and trust liat 70a may be. alia to pro- vide some relief for the people, from tbe oppree kit local taxes wua which - they are cow our- oanea.''- -.5 h v- f,--- y , , muaMSjn to tat Txixxrar taw. I invite year aiteatioa to the suggestions of the Treasurer of Sute, relating to tbe descrip tion of lands to be received in payment of the public due. The law establishing the indepea dent Treasury, while providing fur tbe gradual prohibition of payments ia paper mooey by the Sute aad County Treasurers, and reatrictiag tbe payments to gold and silver aftrr the fourth day of July, 1865, doe not prescribe, nor doe auy other law prescribe, the' kind el' funds to be re ceived by those Seer. This u manifestly a defect in the law, aod inconsistent with iu frame work end perpoea. ? The responsibility ought not to be imposed opoa the Treasurers, to prescribe the kind of feeds to be reoeived ia payment ot the public dues. . This should be done by the Qeneral Assembly. My own opinion ia, that the pablie intereata woald bV promoted by restricting such payments to specie, snd tbe not of tbe specie paying Banka of this Siate, end I respectfully recommend: toat- the law be emended accordingly. - - - - W - . i-; 3USXA ax aaxxivo. Tbe suKjecte of banking and currency, address themselves with equal f tree and direttnvss to the people of the State. Whatever theories we may entertain Oo these Subjects; whatever ingenious and beautiful visvous of a people without batiks, end gold end silver their ouly currency, the practical realities are ' before us: We have baaksi we have paper money. As a matter of fact, banking is but one of tbe divisions of labnr into wbicb commerce is subdivided, and among every commercial people' tbe busioes proper of the banker ia as indispensable as that of the shipper, transporter, or cousignor, in transacting tbe business of the Coo b try. The practical qoestioe which addreese itself to the Legislator is oot, whether the State may or may. not dispense with the nee of all banks, bnt what Is the beat system er plan of balking for the people for whose interests tie is called upon to act, and how, and to what extent should it he applied. And so also of the Currency of the State.-'". So long aa the people of Ohio are in business connection with the people ot oiuer States, we are and arill be in the recept and oe of the issues of the banks of other States which circulate with the issues of ear own banka. of which, to the extent of their existence, they take the place and become substitute. The practical quealtos is not whether we are to have paper tonv, or geld and silver as tbe mmmrm currency of the S'ato, but whether we are to have the issoes of foreign hattke, or of batiks existing, within our own State, responeif le under our own laws, and regulated and eentralled by 00 r own action.- Tbe experiment has been tried, not only ia Ohio hut in several other States, of ilispenaing with bank issues under State authority, with one oni-; form result tbe introduction of a debased foreign currency, inconvertible into iroJd and silver, with all the disastrous and demoralising coase j qnencee of sach a currency. We should learn wisdom from our own experience as well as from the experience of other 8tates ia this matter.- I At thia very time Ohio U aufferinsrwreat inenn-1 ventence and lo from the depreciated currency of other 8tale where beaks have suspended tbe payment ef specie. It was to obtain relief from such a currencf that our existing ejaieea of bank ing waa eetabKebed ondv the act of 1 845. ere- Of 1845. erel other banking 1 1 in.',.. . i- atiug the State Bank of Ohio, aad .- It appears from ' t'e -quarterly report ot tua Auditor, for November last, that the entire banking capital of tba incorporated bauka of the State is, vixt . - $5,861,364 36 branch ee of the State Bank of Ohio $4,104,500 7 independent banks...... 632.264 11 free banka..... ............ I,124,t,U0 The entire eirrulation at tha : - same time was, viz: $8,634,887 Branchee of State Bank...$7.403.959 Iriependent banks... ....... 575,685 Free benks..-...-. ........... 655 243 Thie amount of banking capital and issoe bears a very sea II proportion, as compared with tbe popnlMttoa, wealth and boeMiees of t bis State, to the banking capital aod issues of ant of tbe other 8utes, end, ae a consequence, we find our deficiency is supplied by their excess of issnea. It is hardly an over-estimate to say, that the issues of foreign bank now in the band of the people of Ohio, arwaqaef to the iaeoea .f oar own bank or abent eight at.d a half million of dollar. Of this asm, a very considerable por. tkm cooatatrof theieaoesof banks wf.icb have Sovpetided specie pavmeota, embracing the banka of Peunaylvabia, Maryland, Virginia, Miesouri. aad parte of the iseues of other States. All such teenee bare depreciated ia the beads of the people of Ohio, at least ten per cent, amounting in the aggregate to several hundred thousand dollar. When it is remembered that in tbe fall of 1857. only three yearn k a like loss was eva- taiaed by the people of this State from the same source, tt becomes a quest ion:f eerkHis moment t te eoeetder wbetberauy. and if any, what meae-! area can be adopted to guard the people from such frequent nod heavy pecuniary disasters. So long a tbe eopplv of ercutatiiig note tvsoed by oar own bank, i toeefScent for the transac tioa Of the basinets of tbe State, it will, in my opinion, bo ia vain to attempt, hy legislative enactment, to expel the issues of foreign banks. The tawa of trade and the necessities of tbe people will prove more pot oot than atatutory restrictions aad prohibition. If tbe fee may- be con-aidered aa desaenatraxed, aa I think ' tt dearly may, that we meat depend chiefly foe carreacy tnt the bnsineee transact ions of the people of tbe State, either 011 tbe iaawes of fireigo banks, or of the banks of out owe State, I think no e-titeu of Ohio can beertate a asoveet aa to which be woeld prefer, euO especially ia iew of tbe fact, that, while Within three years, tbe batiks ot bear ly all tbe other States bave euperoVd tbe payment of specie, and many o? them twice in tha spaod of ume, the banks of Ohio have preyed true to their obligation, and equal to these testa ef their strength, aad aow command the eeiver-al confidence of the people of the Sute. 1 respectfully eahmit to the consideration of the Leg . toletare, the queetion whether- any plan eaa be devuted for the increase of the banking capiuU aad eonaeqaeot ecbtrgement of the issoe of banks within oar own State, act be only practice ble mean ef expelling the Usaes of foreign banka, and of protecting the people from the manifold disasters of a debased currency. : Thie question is also important ia another view. It is bat fire yoara, from Ute first cf May next, when the chartera of the bank incorporated under the act of February. 1845, will expire. Tbi embrace tha thirty-six branchee of the Sute Bank, and tbe seven independent banks, the eircula tion of which .being eritMrawa. w a would to practically without an 01. j circutloa. and dependent upon fjre'gu tar V fr Ovir entire cnr reney. Tee State may fJIow the example of the General Governtnect ia restricting the circola-tion and diibnrssment cf its revenees io gold and silver.1; Bat; siUr all, thiwi!l found to exert little inSueac over the great to miners in-leresU of le people. The fct, then of the near approach cf the lirae for years X bat a trief period !n tie history rt a tile when the exisllDjj tanking systeu wi'I terwinate, and a view cf tic very irrcrtatt corseqnenee wbch r.u.I (. JT.-k CA v.iL Unless troviiott U n-Jei in lima ta meet it. are auCcient reasons for - eommeadla UJs isaportant matter to your coo- aideralton. r There is abuadent reason to believe that a Urge majty ef tbe people are aot cc satiafic-d with their prerot eystm cf bankin?, b. ibat ,they would regard it ae a grest ptitliO calamity to see it paaa out of existence. It baa met its obligations ander all tircumsiances. maintained Hs credit, and furuialed a currency at all time convertable into gold aod eilver. . These are advantage which the people duly appreciate aad would very reluctantly forego. Wiih amendment of the ayetem which may be deemed drsirable, if any, tW the better- protection cf tbe creditor of tbe banks, and, ia terms eat jetting the property of the banks toa taxatioaeqrsi to that imposed on tbe property cf individuals, " ss pn.vided by our CtiStitutiun, I do octdsut't tha syateai would, during its renewed existence, give asaniversal satisfaction to the people cf tha Stete as it haa heretofore, and is owe givix. : ' . TBS PCSLIC wonxa. r ; ' -. -; I again invite your acteorioe to cf Putlla Works. During the past year ihm expense cf that department have coneidetaWy. exceeded the tveipta. ' This, it is said, is mainly owing to tbe extraordinary fiiMKls of April, wbicb caused much damage to a portion of the warka." ' The fact that for tbe last five years thw result baa beea the same, has induced the opt a (on that tbey will continue a permanent taa so long a they are ; controlled bv tbe State; aud a fet-licg prevails to a considerable extent that tbe entire interest of the State in the should la disponed of. There are grave considerations connected with this subject, a hich will, doubtless, receive yoar careful attention: That the people of the State will demand the eale of these work, when they become sati.-fied they cannot be made self sasuicieg, think admiu of little doubt. - ' I am not iasensihle to tbe great advantages these works have been to the Stete, in developicg . its resources, and increasing its Wealth. They have created far more capital than, tbey have eoeu Bat tbe en unties not lying a pen these works, and which receive bat little,1 if any, ad-vantagee froaa them, eHect to taxee to keep them in repair foe the benefit of ethera,1 They have built their own" railroads and mean of comma-nicarioa withrmt the aid ef the - State, and aue-taioed them at their owo coat, 00 matter bow ex. pensive they may be. and tbey contend that it is . jest as fair and proper for the rest of the State, to be taxed to pay the expenses of keeping their railroads in repair, aa it ie te compel them to pay taxes Co keep ep the canals. Tbe - active-carrying competition of tha railnmda, it is said, not only diminishes the bos'tiaa oa the canals, bat will in all time to come j-tt'-tt them from . treiiMtcting eeoegb buaioeae xtf amke them self-snstaiiiing. - The following a4, con pi led from the report of the Board of FubUo Wotae, U par-rifient to this view of the case: ; :- - arw s fe S3 r e a c 493,47 76,663 24,628: 63,735 80.200 76.V64 363,687! 373,6241 363,6(i6 33,899 The eetimated total cost of our Public Worka at tbe time of (heir completion was 914 627.549 79. The avi-rege arn.ua! iacome foe tbe Isot five ye .. t 1 g r r ,, expebae, beyond the veara, has been a frac- COt- V itml We have pre pert y that cost ua about fifteen mil-Jiongof dollars. ad we fiod hy fire con sec a live yearK experience that, inetead of iu paying the interest oa iu cost, it is actually running as iu debt. " This is one view of the case. Let as look at the other. Mauy intelligent crtitens arge that that tbe Public Works, by a proper S)stecn of management, and grd nation of tools, can ba made, not ot.ly eelfusteining, but a source of revenue to tbe State." There are many and weighty reasons why tbi ehoeld be'tborvaghly tested, before we abandon these eosrly aud important works. - - Large investments bave been made on the line of tbeee -work, as is claimed ' under an implied pledge on tbe part of tbe Stete, that tbey should bw kept ia permanent condition for use. An; ebudnjent of tha canals, or their sale, without m auQicient fcaaranty for their maiu-tenatice, would b- ruiouus to thejpertiee interest-ed,'. It would deptet'iate the value of property to an amount ex'eeding tbe cost of the canals. L l28 Congress granted oesrl? half a million of acres of land, between Dajton and the mouth of the Auglaize river for canal coostructioo This was upon the coodi tioa expressed in the deed of conveance, "that said - i-anale, when completed, b mil forever remain public biirbwaya for the use of tbe Olivers ment . of the -United Statea, free from tolls or other charge whatever, for any property of the United States, or persona ia their service paeaing through the same. Thee lands were accepted by tbe tkate of Ohio wi.h this condition. They bave been aald, nod the proceeds nv been applied to tha purposes -f the grant. If these canal arc eokLorpasa out of tbe hat-d of lbr State, bow is tbia pro mise to bafniniled to tbe General uoveromeet? On the moct ot tbe canals, and especially oa the Maskingam improvement, tlvete are oa Is tending leases of water power by the Stete, for nine-tytine years, renewable forever, aad lav aome instances there are centracte ia lien of farmer graau, in perpetuity. These contract impose obligations oa tha State that eaast- ee met. flow shall tbeso vested righu be protected if the llixte diaocee of her interests ia these works? i It is urxed that if the; Canals are eold, they iH ultimately be controlled by the Railroad Corporatione of the Slate, the effect of wbicb will be to so diminish trans porli ion, and con flict with the well eaUb'Uhed policy of e?very commercial Stete to multiply raihtr than tolese sen the avenues of trade. vn if the sup?or of canals sball impose a small tax, it i worthy cf consideration whether the incident! beneCte to the counties not upoo or adjacent tie re to, by reason of lesser rates of transportarion," r:;;ht not more than compensate for the tax. r , . 4 Tbere are thirty-six counties In Ohio, ou. or contfguoos to our Public. Works, tearing Cf:v two counties dependent mainly upon river. lake, or railroads for their avenues , to market., Tha canal counties are mainly those that were without ntua! outlet to a market. It ia instracttve to note tb ir present oosition in regaH tApon bvion and wealth. By th eaus i f 1823. the thirty a a oanat o oati-n have a ppa'ation of 1 ,153.256 1 whila the 52 other counties have population of 1,190 137. Tb ni t coontTee bave an ag r te e $ l-i?,25-t.432 oa the tax list, Th fifty otter to jctiea karj ag) agmgate of $420.253 767: :- ; . v. . ' An Urge portion of this vaTee la tie canal eoantie ha a iVn from the exfsteoce of tie banal. o their destruelioB would eerious'y dpra. ciatetbame. and the b of tXtica ti'nj ewrrespoodingly losseoed. tW tur?rff tie-putlie debt, and the ordinary x-i. cf the government would thus be; r r;. rurnt!r ta-creased cpoa the rajio!8g pe; . r;r cf r tie. Wbethera alecan Y-e tea.l on 1 aa will aeeora to the J I-V f e fl u cf . these pnhltc wwka ia a qi ; 1 n',!.' - ?-frse it-aelf to the careM c3i..l . , . ' c.'t'-a Gcsral Ae-embly.;-";; - :, - - The report of th e f.oir o b?5 " '. rzl rie Ai'litor of S'a'e "on'tio m"f f-c- - ct-ed with this subject that U1 aid ia vour i-t ..i. 1 ttiotia.'V So Urge ao interest, tuvomc; 63 ia .. , 2?- a - ." "5 ' 5 ' 1856...... $4J4.nfl 1837.. .. 343,720 1858 297.354 I8i-... 257,820 1860,.. 308,934